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Comments: Seaweed!!!!! Ew! That's what freaked me out the most! Once I was swimming and not treading water in it I relaxed and fell into my pace easily. I was often trapped behind 2 or 3 swimmers for a while once I caught up to the other pack which was frustrating, but I was doing this for the fun of it so I didn't stress too much. The green of the water was surreal and peaceful (and no diesel fuel smell/taste). It brought back lots of childhood memories! What would you do differently?: I could improve on my navigation. I never swam with real waves before, so that was interesting. The waves were even more noticable on the swim back in.  Transition 1
Comments: Fastest of my AG. This would have been better if I didn't have someone with a stroller right next to my prime transition spot. This was a race with a lot of parents/relays toting their kids that had CP, so while I was frustrated, they were the reason the race was there. Wetsuit really got hung up on the chip this time, too! What would you do differently?: I've been bad and haven't been practicing. I need to do it more!  Bike
Comments: 3 loops on the shoreway. That first hill is a doozy!!! Wow! Westbound seemed uphill the entire way. Eastbound was faster, and HANG ON TIGHT for that downhill on the concrete! It was so bumpy I thought I poor little bike was going to lose all its bolts! What would you do differently?: The only way I could have gotten faster was to have a different bike, I think. My good ol' Supersport came through again! Transition 2
Comments: Transition time is misleading. I was actually much faster than this. The bike in/run out was the same "gate" and my wave was in the WAY WAY back of transition. Very pleased. (1st in T2 time) What would you do differently?: Forgot to take off my sunglasses. Saw Steve on the run and handed them to him.  Run
Comments: Felt strong on the run. Thought I was going to bonk, but took water everytime and dumped it on my head to keep cool. It was starting to get really warm! What would you do differently?: nothing! It felt great! Post race
Warm down: Cried when I saw my family at the finish line. Hugged my kids and family, grabbed some water and fruit. Waited for results. What limited your ability to perform faster: I did the absolute best that I could have done! I'm very pleased with myself. Could a better bike help? Maybe. (I love my 15 year old bike, though.) The cheaper way of getting fast is to practice sockless, learn to hop on and off the bike instead of stopping, and learn to run a 6 minute mile pace! Event comments: Volunteers were awesome! We had a drill sergeant/body guard in the transition keeping all the hooligans and non racers out and keeping the lanes open for racers. Loved them! They were very strick on rules--and I love rules! All the racers/relays carrying the kids with CP were very inspirational! It was great to have my own cheering section, too! Did I mention that I finished 3/36 female overall????? I couldn't believe it either!!! Many thanks to Mchubri's Crazy Awesome Training Group!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will be back next year! Profile Album Last updated: 2010-04-09 12:00 AM
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Pacific Sports Event Management
75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 61/177
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 1/5
Sleep? What sleep? I had about 4.5 hours, but woke at 2:55 and couldn't sleep the last hour fifteen. Out of bed at 4:15, turned on coffee, dressed, woke Steve, grabbed coffee and bike and left. I put everything in the car the night before. So easy! Set up transition at 5am. Had lots of time before my start, so I ate my pb sandwich at 5:45 and 6:15. Banana at 6:30, G1 Prime at 7:15.
Jogged a slight bit while waiting but had no opportunity to warm up in the water. So I made nice with my competitors--even loaning out my spare pair of goggles to a relay team. (They were returned BTW).