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 Swim
Comments: This is a huge event so navigating the swim is always tough. Once I got into a rhythm I had to do a lot of weaving once I caught up to some of the people back and breast stroking from the wave ahead of us. My only goal was to swim as hard as I could an not let my friend from a few waves behind us pass me since she is a fantastic swimmer, haha. The waves started like every 2 or 3 minutes. When I got out lots of friends and family were along the exit to cheer me on. It's so nice having friends and family out there! What would you do differently?: Swim more  Transition 1
Comments: This was actually pretty slow. This is a pretty big race so navigating the transition area is pretty crazy. I need to get better at whipping my wetsuit off ;)  Bike
Comments: The ride was pretty enjoyable. I saw my friends as I was coming back across the bridge. They were all shouting encouraging and wildly inappropriate things at me as I rode by. I love em! :) I was passing people left and right and then fighting a cross wind both ways on the bridge. It wasn't until the last 2 miles or so that a girl caught up to me and passed. She had a tri bike and was down on her aero bars. I jumped in and chased her to the dismount line and passed her with about 100 yards to go or something. We were probably cruising at 25 MPH or so. It's nice to have those people out there to push you. What would you do differently?: Push the pace more. I really need to get out and ride hard more often and for longer distances if I want to get better. T.I.T.S!!!!!!!! Transition 2
 Run
Comments: I always feel like I go into auto-pilot on the run during a triathlon. I can never feel my legs and have no idea what my pace is. FINALLY at about mile 2 I could feel my legs and pushed the pace a little more. There is an out and back portion so I was scoping out the other runners seeing if there was anyone to chase down. I found my target and carried on. There was a pretty big hill at about 2.75 miles. I cruised up that and then started the descent to the finish. I saw my target in the chute and started sprinting. She could hear me so then she started sprinting. I was gaining on her but was running out of space. We were right next to each other and as we crossed the line I threw my head forward like I was racing the 100M (knowing full well the chip was on my ankle not my head lol) It was epic. We both high-fived then leaned on each other in exhaustion. As it turns out she ran a 25 minute 5K so I smoked her. It was a really fun finish though. What would you do differently?: Still recovering/ramping back up after the marathon. I think I could pull a better time if that weren't the case. Post race
Warm down: I went and cheered on all my friends then waiting for the awards since I got a podium spot. It was so much fun! What limited your ability to perform faster: Training! Duh! Event comments: Danskin is always an amazingly well run event. Last updated: 2011-12-12 12:00 AM
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The Xxtra Mile LLC.
60F / 16C
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Overall Rank = 33/1529
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 2/90
My mom was staying with us so I made her coffee/breakfast. Some of my friends were also doing the tri and so we all decided to ride together. They picked us up and we headed to the race location. We scored a press pass :) and got to park close. Friends in low places, ya know?
I have been doing run focus training specific to marathon. I completed a marathon mid July and then got back in the pool for the first time in 9 months. I also bike commute every day. So there ya have it, that is my tri training.
I can say I got a PR and am really happy with the race. I felt as good as I could in all areas of the race but I know if I had done more specific training I could have done a lot better. Of course, with the marathon and my emphasis on it, that couldn't have happened, so, ultimately I need to decide if I want to do both marathon and triathlon and if I do I need to either do a better job of planning out my races and training cycles or just realize that triathlon performance will take a back seat. That is hard for me to do though.
Ran around helping my friends who are new to triathlon.