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Comments: It was my first open water swim, probably not a good idea to combine that with your first triathlon. I kinda freaked out in the beginning, wasn't breathing well, had to roll over and catch my breath. After that I was okay, but for whatever reason my time was much slower than usual. In a pool I can do this distance in less than 15 min. What would you do differently?: Do more open water swims, not get freaked out and confused by the hectic start, use a wetsuit. ![]() Transition 1
Comments: So I've just run barefoot out of the water across 100 yds of gravel, and I get to my transition spot and I realize that when I pinned my number to my shirt I put two pins through both sides, effectively pinning my shirt closed. Trying to re-pin those with my cold and clumsy fingers probably took 2-3 extra minutes. Plus tying my shoes took a long time b/c my fingers were clumsy. What would you do differently?: Not pin my shirt closed and maybe use that stretchy, pre-tied laces setup. ![]() Bike
Comments: They said 13 miles but according to Google's pedometer and other people who've raced this course it's around 14.2. I was pretty satisfied with this fairly slow time because I was using a too-small, rusty mountain bike. I could pass people on hills, but on flat parts I just couldn't get the bike to go as fast as the other people, no matter how hard I pedalled. What would you do differently?: Buy and use a road/tri bike. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: Ran the bike in, a volunteer actually racked it for me, which was nice. Had biked in running shoes, so I just had a drink and took off. What would you do differently?: Nothing. ![]() Run
Comments: Excellent run, I was passing people left and right. I guess it isn't surprising, I have a running background so it's by far my strongest discipline, I was just worried I would be burned out by the swim/bike, but apparently not. Managed a fast run/sprint for the last 500 feet or so. Felt like I could have even pushed the entire run harder. To be honest, all I was thinking was "3...2...1...TRIATHLETE" What would you do differently?: Run even harder! ![]() Post race
Warm down: Walking around, drank 2 bottles of water, stretched lower body. What limited your ability to perform faster: Panicked a bit in swim, messed up pins in T1, crappy bike. Event comments: A bit unorganized, some confusion about swim waves and things ran a little behind. Parking was a bit far away it seems. I don't really know, it was my first one. Last updated: 2006-07-22 12:00 AM
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United States
Mary M Gooley Hemophilia Center
65F / 18C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 118/270
Age Group = 15-19
Age Group Rank = 7/9
Loaded up car, drove 2 hours to Canandaigua, ate muffin, apple, coffee on the drive over at about 5:15 am.
Very little. Did some stretching while waiting to line up for swimming wave, then I was only in the water for about 30 seconds before we were off. Just a little swimming around to get used to the lake.