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Comments: My swim always sucks but I felt like I swam this hard. I felt like I was sprinting. SO I gave it a good effort. I think the course was a little onger than advertised. Times were all longer than previous years and the course was the same. I think I drafted a bit - something new. Deep water start where I trully had to treadwater for 3-4 min did not help. That's another thing I'm not good at and had not done before. What would you do differently?: Just keeping working on the stroke and endurance.  Transition 1
Comments: Tough swim exit - very muddy and slippery plus uphill to transition. And I swam hard so HR was up. Tried to walk to recover - never happened. I was surprised I was as fast as I was. Tied for 4th in AG / 22nd overall. What would you do differently?: Maybe be a little slower - did not getting HR down before bike start.  Bike
Comments: Well here's where poor mental planning lead to a bad attitude which usually means that I kind of give up on a race. The course was a beast - lots of hills that were medium in length and steepness which made it tough to keep momentum and the HR done. The hill coming out of the park just sucked. It was long and hard. I was upset that I was working so hard. I felt I should have been in better shape coming off the first half of my season. Plus I was not prepared mentally for a hilly bike - I though it was a course with rollers. Anyway, if I'd had a different game plan then I may have ridden smarter abnd then run better. What would you do differently?: Be prepared mentally Transition 2
Comments: The high point of my race. 2nd AG / 19th overall I must have picked some pointers from my buddy John in Texas. ;-) What would you do differently?: Apparantly nothing b/c I have so much other stuff to focus on.  Run
Comments: Ok - the trail run was fun and challenging. But by this point, my attitude sucked. I could not get the HR down, the legs were burning and it was hard to pass on the single track w/o bursts of energy that I didn't have. Sadly, I jogged the downhill finish. I hate it when I give up on myself - there is no excuse but it happens. So in the great words of Scarlet O'Hara "Tomorrow is another day." What would you do differently?: Get my head in the game. Post race
Warm down: Walked around and ate some stuff. Drank a bunch. Waited for Karla's AG award. What limited your ability to perform faster: My head and attitude. I just wasn't able to prepare in my head for this race. I didn't think it would be a big deal but I think it was. I didn't have a realistic time goal. I had come up w/ something a few weeks that was crazy and I'm not even sure where it came from. I don't think I fueled my body very well for the course and the heat. And I did not research the course enough. I thought it was just a sprint and I could easily zip through it. Not the case if I want to be happy w/ my result. So I certainly learned something from this failure and plan on using the info going forward. Event comments: Small, small race. Some things could have been better but I understand since it was a local group putting it on. Post food snacks were good and plentiful. Last updated: 2010-04-13 12:00 AM
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Charlottesville Triathlon Club
85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 28/112
Age Group = F35-39
Age Group Rank = 4/14
Drove down to Charlottesville w/ my friend, Karla. We were spending the night and getting some dinner before the race Sunday. I needed the mini break. It had been a crazy week w/ my mom(aka nanny) and hubby out of town. Plus taking care of my Dad who needs daily care for eating, showering, moving around, etc. and work has been crazy.
Ominous start to the weekend, when we checked into the hotel and it had no power. Charlottesville had a terrible storm on Thurs. and there were still power outages. Thankfully it was back on when we returned from dinner.
Got up early and got to setup w/ plenty of time to spare. It was a free fall for rack spots and not quite enough racks for everyone so even though I had a good spot, I got squished by the race start. no biggie though.
Karla and I ran a bit on the run course (trail run) and I watched her fall in slow motion. She was ok and apparantly fell 2 times on the trail during the race. Then we got the lake - so warm - and did some swimming.