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Comments: My swim was pathetic. My first time swimming in Triathlon in open water. I couldnt really freestyle it as I was too afraid of getting kicked in the teeth and I couldnt get my breathing into any kind of rythm. Also, I didnt really have a clear understanding of how far out we were swimming. I am quite nearsighted and dont wear contacts and for some reason misunderstood the description of the swim course. Clearly, this is the skill I need to focus on most for my next triathlon event. What would you do differently?: Train more! And, train more in open water.  Transition 1
Comments: no transition times recorded, but I know I took way too long. Needed time to recover from my horrific swim. Was trying to shove my helmet on over the goggles that were still on my head. Thanks to my hubby who finally pointed that out to me :). Struggled with getting my gloves and my socks on. What would you do differently?: Not sure. Just need to practice that transition some more. Maybe go with out the gloves for such a short ride. Definitely remember to take the goggles off : ).  Bike
Comments: Feel like I did really well on the ride. Made up for a lot of lost time on the swim. Pushed it pretty hard, but not so hard that I wouldnt have anything left for the run. Improved my overall standing by getting by some folks who beat me in swim. What would you do differently?: Nothing really. Transition 2
Comments: No times recorded. What would you do differently?: This transition went pretty well. I just thrw off my helmet and ripped off my gloves. Got the shoes off and pulled on my running shoes and was off.  Run
Comments: Took me a while to find my running legs, but overall felt pretty good getting started. My heartrate and breathing were a little out of control when i approached the first piece of uphill so I walked for a little bit—until I heard CaptJackSparrow yelling at me from behind :). So off I went and that was the last I heard from him. I had a pretty good run and felt really good in the last mile when I felt like I had some left for a good sprint to the finish. What would you do differently?: I need to do more brick workouts so that the transition to running feels better. Need to get heartrate and breathing under control sooner. Post race
Warm down: Went right for the water bottle and drank heartily. Went back toward finish to cheer on Rob and Polly. What limited your ability to perform faster: The swim hurt my overall time tremendously. I need to work on my swimming. Event comments: This a well organized, very casual race set up that is perfect for a newbie. I don't know where else you can go and have such a good time for just $15 bucks. Last updated: 2006-06-16 12:00 AM
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Pig Iron Sports
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Came from work so no routine—just a stressful ride home through traffic, some chaos with the family trying to get changed and packed up to head to the race. My husband drove to the race and helped with the bike and gear, but we were running late so the stress level was high til we got to the actual location. This is not a recommended pre-race routine.
Didnt get there as early as I would have liked to so really just had time to get registered, get marked and get set up. I did get into the water for a quick swim to get acclimated to the temp. It was cold, but not unbearably so. No wet suit for me.