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Comments: I always feel like I'm going to die when swimming in competition. Apparently I need to seed my self high in the start, because I'm constantly trying to avoid people for the first 100-200m. Doing this really wears me out. By the end of the swim I had NOTHING in the tank. Not a good race strategy. I'm getting worried about doing 1,500m in August. What would you do differently?: Start in the front of the pack and see what happens. Also, a little positive thinking might keep me from FREAKING OUT.  Transition 1
Comments: I'm getting better here, but still have a long way to go. Things seemed smooth, but I was still 7th in my division. What would you do differently?: Get better equipment. Mountain bike shoes slow you down a bit. Also, keep working on transitions. I spend very little time doing that, but would cut 30 sec more off my time in T1 and T2.  Bike
Comments: Unusually slow race for me. (Okay I've only done 2, but still.) I didn't taper for this race since it was a "C" race and did a really hard/long workout 2 days earlier. Time also included T2 What would you do differently?: Not eat a Gu at the end of the bike. I tasted it for the rest of the ride and all of the run. I almost lost it in the run. Transition 2
 Run
Comments: I was pretty tired by this time with "dead" legs. I did better than I expected and hit my HR and time goals. The LT workout I did two days earlier was still in my legs. It is nice to see that my running is getting back into shape. What would you do differently?: Not eat that Gu!!! Post race
Warm down: Stumbling to get a bottle of water. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not tapering. Event comments: Overall a very good race. I really enjoyed meeting tliles and GennX. It is always a pleasure hanging out with Writebrained. Last updated: 2006-05-12 12:00 AM
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Mattoon Beach Multisport
60F / 16C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 25/80
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 5/12
Got up around 6:00 and had a banana and bagel with blackberry butter. Finished getting things together and left around 7:00. I live only 15+ min. from the event and picked up my packet the night before. That was very handy, because I still felt a little rushed.
I ended up parking farther away that I expected so I warmed up by running back and forth to my car. Really not a bad warm up. I did about 4 strides while I was at it. I did get a quick swim in, but after getting out of the water the upper 50s felt like upper 40s.