Swim
Comments: This was a real eye opener for me. At about 6 minutes to wave start they left my wave into the water. I decided to step in at about 3 minutes thinking it was long enough to get a little warmed up but short enough that I wasn't going to be tired before the horn goes off. With my longjohn suit, the water was FREEZING to me. I mean, hyperventilat-y, terrified, freezing. I couldn't handle it so I swam back to the steps and got out. I was standing there like an idiot wondering how I was going to explain a DNS when the announcer said "ok 35-39 ladies, it's your turn...10-9-8-..." and I though "Oh, Mother Effer" and when he hit "3" or so, I dove in and swam to the group. I got about 25 yards before I was freaking out again and I had to hang on to a kayak. All in all, I had to hang on to three kayaks in 500 yards. How embarrassing. But the workers were awesome, so helpful, so encouraging. I was just so cold I couldn't catch my breath. Navigation was easy, though given my face was in the water for about 2 of the 20 minutes I was out there. At the end of the swim, the voluteers helped to yank you out of the water. I had a rough time getting my legs underneath me, but I managed. I shudder to see that piece of photographic evidence. What would you do differently?: I SERIOUSLY need more OWS practice. This distance is a piece of cake in the pool but I almost killed myself a few times in the Bay. Transition 1
Comments: I didn't plan my transition very well. After my wetsuit was off I stared at it for a minute wondering "now what?". I don't mind the slow transition, though. I'm not racing, just surviving. Bike
Transition 2
Comments: Yey for Yankz! I swear they saved me a minute on my transition. Again, I wasn't well prepared. I had to dig for some food and my hat in my bag. Run
Comments: I PR'd my run, which is exciting. I'm not a great runner, as you can see, but this was pretty dang good for moi. Thankfully, my Ironteam teammate Charles, who raced the Olympic yesterday and the Sprint today, found me to help run me in for a few yards. It was a really nice distraction from the hell of being undertrained and unsupported on the course. Post race
Event comments: I really was undertrained. I have only been training "full time" since October 10th (or 9th?) and I feel really good about my performance in the face of that. Looking forward to a lot more training and practice!!! Last updated: 2006-07-10 12:00 AM
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United States
TriCalifornia
Sunny
Overall Rank = 476/496
Age Group = W 35-39
Age Group Rank = 36/38
I don't have a pre-race routine, yet. This was my second race, the first was a year and a half ago.
I stood around and panicked a lot.