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Comments: First of all this course was DEFINATELY LONG. When a women with a gold medal in swimming does 440 in 6:24 its long. Overall the times were long for a 440 swim. Probably more like 600 yards. I felt GREAT on the swim. I drafted off Renee. Later she was like "You were the Bitch on my feet" I got a little off course on the last leg but not too bad. I had a cramp in my left quad at the start but it it worked itself out quickly. What would you do differently?: Nothing it was a solid swim. Would be nice to know exactly how long the course really was.  Transition 1
Comments: 1/6 Age group 14/69 Overall. It was a LONG walk up a paved hill into transition. I am surprized it was this fast. I didn't want to tear up my feet on the pavement or get my knee more sore or start the bike winded. I had decided to bike barefoot so no washing/drying of feet was required. Quick once I got to the transition area. What would you do differently?: Learn to run and not be injured. My knee was sore and running barefoot on pavement was OUT. The transtion itself was fine.  Bike
Comments: FIRST IN AGE GROUP!!! This was my big goal for the race. I was 4/69 for females and 39/197 for the entire field :) There were some hills. Nothing mountainous but challenging for us Floirda people without being insurmountable. I lost my bike chain twice :( I'm annoyed because this is a brand new bike and the chain should not be falling off. I probably lost a minute mucking about with that. Then the top connector on my aerobottle fell out but I had already stopped to fix the chain and I wasn't stopping to pick it up. While fixing the chain 3 girls passed me. I managed to pass 2 of them right back. One of them stay about 100 yards in front of me, I passed her once but then she passed me again. I ended up having a better bike time than her anyway because my swim was faster :) What would you do differently?: Have a bike that the chain doesn't fall off of. Find somewhere to train hills. Overall I'm happy with the bike segment Transition 2
Comments: I sat down and washed my feet, dried them and put socks/shoes/hat on. What would you do differently?: Nothing. I need dry socks for the run.  Run
Comments: UGLY. I started running and my knee was sore right away. The bigger problem was I just could not BREATHE. It was crazy. I felt like someone was holding apillow over my face. I was all wheezy and miserable. #1 AG girl passed me at about 1 mile #2 at 1.5 miles #3 about 2.5 miles. I tried to catch #3 but there was nothing I could do about #1 and 2. I just could not breathe. I probably walked about 90% of the run. There were a lot of very nice young kids in the race. 3 stopped to walk with me. I kept telling them PLEASE go run don't let me hold you up!! It was really hot but it was the breathing issue. I really have not had that happen before and it was really scary. What would you do differently?: BREATHE!!!! I have an appointment to see if I have exercise induced asthma. Have healthy lower extremities Post race
Warm down: Walked around and tried to BREATHE....drank some water and waited for Janice and Renee. We cleaned up Transition and went to get some food. I had a hamburger which was a HUGE mistake. I may never eat another hamburger ever again. Found out they were giving awards 5 deep so Janice and I took home hardware. When we started walking back to the car I started feeling REALLY bad. As in about as bad as when I had a kidney stone. We get in the car and Janice tells me my front tire is flat. UGH..honestly I felt so rotten she could have told my my bike imploded and I wouldn't care. I'm driving back trying desparity to not throw up. sweat is pouring off of me WHEW it was no good. FINALLY we get home so I can run to the bathroom. Then I just laid on the floor for a while. Went kind of like, take a shower lay down, pack a bag lay down, pack another bag lay down....Couple hours later I felt somewhat better and drove home where I promptly laid down. What limited your ability to perform faster: 1-Long swim course 2-Chain falling off bike 3-GI blues 4-Could not BREATHE.....posible exercise induced asthma 5-Heat Event comments: This was the first year for this race. It was VERY well done. they had about 300 participants and 90 volunteers!!! Everyone was really nice. I thought the course was great and the bike was perfect blend of hills and flats. My parents live in this community most of the year. I know they were trying to get a good community response and they did. Lots of the houses on the bike course had signs saying "Welcome triathletes from the ___family." I felt so bad after the race. If I had felt that bad after my first race I would never have done another one. Luckily It was not my first race :) Last updated: 2006-06-14 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 27/69
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 4/6
Renee (renee) Janice (Foolprof) and I were staying at my parents place close to the race. I drove over Saturday am to open the palce up and get the air/water turned on. Did my swim and a short bike around the development. Went out shopping then waited for the girls. When they got there we went over to the race site to get registered/packet pickup. Then off to the mall for manicures. Mine was ruined less than 24 later but more about that later. Off to dinner.
Race morning I got to pump up my tires. Flatted on the rear. Could I EVER have a flat in the front? Yep later on but anyway. New bike. I'm struggling to get the bloody tire off in the dark with the @*&#@&$%^$ Sprinklers going off. (so much for the manicure) Told the girls to put their bikes in the car and them we took off. Got to the race site and I just took the bike to a bike vendor to get the stupid thing fixed. I lost the end to the skwer at some point so I needed one of those as well. UGH. Got it fixed and got transition set up.
Well my HR was in about zone 5 by the time I got the bike fixed. We walked around a bit and swamm a little. I was really not hungry and had a banana and a couple bites of a bagel at the house. had an e-gel about an hour before the start.
I was having major GI issues all morning and had to keep running to the bathroom. We went as a group and Renee goes to leave and lets out this blood curdling scream....I'm thinking there is a guy with a mask and a knife...nope a frog. Poor Frog.
TIMES ARE AGE GROUP AND OVERALL FEMALES. They didn't put overalls on the site and I'm too lazy to manually go thru the lot and figure it out.