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Comments: First open water swim in first tri, need I say more? Started first 10 strokes with intention to breathe but never did. Panicked. Swam breast stroke just to move forward and figure out what to do. Then went into freestyle, taking breath every stroke on left and blowing out while sighting straight like my head was in water but it never went back into water face first. This worked very well and I guess the suit got me a pretty good time for my level in my opinion. What would you do differently?: I swam a bit in my teens, none more for 15 years, then relearned to swim during class. Put in about a dozen practice swims and that got me through. I would have practiced in open water and for longer periods. Also I think good advise if you can only practice in pool,, close your eyes when face is in water to simulate the open water, can't see sensation,, it'll help.  Transition 1
Comments: I was out of breath and walked most of way to bike which was farthest out. Felt lightheaded with cap and being flat in water, then out of water to run to bike without practice. Caught my breath while admiring my wonderful T1 setup, then put on socks, bike shoes, race belt, helmut, swig of gatorade, and off slowly but with everything I needed. What would you do differently?: Everything. My coach asked me if I got a manicure while I was in T1!  Bike
Comments: First I got out on bike and felt good. Stayed with a fellow or two trying to figure out what to do while they were trying to get their shoes on that were clipped into super tri bikes. I think I was surprised I was near some of the "elite" and didn't want to offend anyone by passing them. When I realized this was a race I took off and felt awesome. Then heard the "TIE fighters" behind me and got smoked by the whoosh-whoosh folks throughout the rest of the bike part. What would you do differently?: Get a TIE fighter, I mean tri bike with the closed back wheel and aero bars and aero helmut and throw in a bike jersey and sippy straw that sits 1.5"s from your mouth so you don't have to move to get a drink. Transition 2
Comments: Good transition because I my setup was right there. Felt the brick immediately. What would you do differently?: Practice bricks more.  Run
Comments: The brick was hard on me. From the start I was miserable and hated every step. I'm not a runner anymore especially after biking and swimming. What would you do differently?: Practice bricks and just run more. Post race
Warm down: none, went home. What limited your ability to perform faster: practice. Event comments: Good job organizing. I didn't know what to expect fully but read a lot and used this site a little so I figured I'd give back. Good place to have a sprint tri with nice people. Last updated: 2010-07-26 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 125/250
Age Group = 30-34
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Got up 4am. Can't remember what I ate, maybe steel oats w/pb and liquids including coffee from D&D which makes me pee = no good. Foam rolled, got packed up and drove to race.
Got to race early enough to not have to rush. Set up transition farthest from lake being it was my first tri and just wanted to be out of everyone's way. Jogged in flip flops to get numbers and register and then jogged back (~400m total warmup). Didn't want to ruin my precious transition setup with putting on sneaks and running,, I just let it fly. Peed a few times from so much water and D&D coffee. I won't make that mistake again. Hung out with tri-training team that actually made it through class and showed up for race which was about 8 of us. I felt good with a little stretch and just wanted to get it on.
Put on wetsuit and just made it to start and then waited for 10-15 minutes so people who showed up late could get to starting line. Race started somewhat late.