Rev3 Cedar Point - Half Rev - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

I chose to dolphin dive until I was past the sandbar. That way I wouldn't tire my legs out or get my HR too high too fast. My swim was very relaxed. I was drafting whoever was around me then had open water. Caught up to the next group, drafted, had open water. The sun was a little difficult parallel to the shore, but it was jsut relaxing and refreshing knowing I could only do what my body could do with a cold. It took the pressure off which helped for most of my race. Upon returning to the shallows, I dolphin dived/swam again while others were wading. I think that really helped my legs not get too worn out.

took 1:50 off of my swim last year. Couldn't believe it was just as calm.

Not catch a cold. Although, I was most nervous about the swim, but the nasal spray did its job.

Made sure I had everything. Debated about wearing a vest on the bike to stay warm, but realized upon getting out it wasn't needed for the race. (for health, maybe...)

1:24 better than last year.

nothing. Memorized my spot and found it fast. 3 of us came in at the same time.

Again, my goal was to finish thanks to my lovely virus, but the lack of pressure helped me to relax on the bike. My speed was good/faster than normal, but my heart felt great. The hardest part was the long road after Milan. Boring, false flat. Also, no matter which way you turned, you were fighting the wind.

Sometime after that road, an older gent in a red truck got stuck in the middle of the race. We couldn't go around him, we couldn't go along side of him. He was too scared to move and we were riding his bumper. After several miles he finally turned off. If only we could have drafted off of him, but he was going too slow!!!!!

Also, took off 1:09 off last year's bike time.

Not get stuck behind an old man in a road race! Also, I think I drank too much. I was overcompensating for my cold, thinking I'd be dehydrated from the airborne, zycam, etc the day before. I think I could have gotten by with my normal routine. It was also difficult to determine since I haven't had the opportunity to ride in such cool weather before the race.

Ugh. I was one of those people who forgot to take off my helmet. Thanks to the cheering section, they let me know. So, I left my bike-ran-had to go back to take off my helmet-run-go back to get my hat-run... I could have shaved off 1 minute due to my forgetfulness. Chalk it up to the cold, right?

That is pretty self-explanatory. See above.

Again, I just wanted to do what my body wanted to do, but I wanted to run the entire thing again. I felt like I had to use the potty, but whenever I came to one, someone popped in right before me. I decided to wait until I had a free one.
My pace was comfortable and typical, right around 8 minute miles, until I stopped for my potty break. I think that was my undoing. Obviously, my body and mind felt relieved, but I started feeling sorry for myself for some reason. All that kept going through my mind was "I'm sick". "I wanna stop but I can't." Waa-waa-waa. As a result, my times got slower and slower. Breathing and heart rate were superb and that felt good, but the longer my race went on, the more snot I had and the more whiny voices were calling me. So frustrating! I should have just HTFU'd.
Anyway, at mile 4, right around potty time, I started to get side cramps, which, last year hit at mile 10. I think that aided my whiny-hiney, but decided to take coke thinking I needed more sweet/caffeine/taste than my infinit was giving me. The flavor was fantastic! I may have to start training with it.
Finished up, was passed by a girl in purple in my AG in the last half mile, but she helped me pick up my pace and finish strong even though I couldn't catch her. Luckily, she did this becase there were 2 right behind me pulling up close that I didn't know about!!!

Shut off my mouthy, whiny brain, and not catch a cold the day before a race. I'm very disappointed in my run. I trained so hard to finish it stronger than last year, and I was slower by 33 seconds.

Ran through the chute with Will (hooray!), begged for my medal, shirt, and towel. Grabbed some pop and chips, cried, blew my nose a million times, and went home.


Stupid cold and whiny voices in my head.


I rate this as a 4 because I feel it was better organized last year. Registration lines were long, goody bag was far away from registration (I stumbled upon it--didn't know where it was), and the volunteers running registration and finish line were a little slow at their job, but Rev 3 does put on one great race with lots of aid stations and fun times.