Swim
Comments: Sicne it was such a small race they did not track the splits and of course my watch was on the wrong mode, so I missed getting all of my times! Ugg. I know my time was under 10 minutes as they were starting waves every 10 minutes and I was out of the water before the next wave. What would you do differently?: Double check my watch! Transition 1
Comments: There was a spedd bump at the bottom of T1 so I was very careful not to go flying out of T1 What would you do differently?: Nothing Bike
Comments: Very hilly. It was an out and back course, the 5 miles out were almost entirely uphill! It was an incline for most of the way, no rolling hills. I tried to get into the small chain, but it made a noise that made me nervous that the chain would fall off, so I stayed in the middle ring. There were also lots of switch-backs, at one of them I said, "are you friggin kiddin me!"...I was still going uphill! At the turn-around it was a traffic light and I was waiting for the signal to change and after 2 cycles, I gave up and just crossed against the light. While waiting for the light 4 people passed me. Then on the way back I dropped my water bottle! What would you do differently?: Get into the smaller gear Transition 2
Comments: T2 was in a different spot than T1, no bike racks, just put the bike on the ground. Run
Comments: The first half of the run is almost entirely uphill! I only 2 walked to parts of the uphill. My hip was tight from the hills on the bike, so I walked up the first big hill. Walked another uphill section on the way back. Figured I was walking about as fast as i could run the uphill. There was a woman on the opposite side of the road in the race and my goal was to pass her, it took a while, but I finally did and I stayed in front of her the rest of the run. Had no stomach issues, thankfully! Managed a good overall time, but I wish I had my split info. What would you do differently?: Just my watch stuff Post race
Warm down: walked and stretched What limited your ability to perform faster: Long uphills. I've got plenty of rolling hills in Tiburon, but none that go uphill for miles Event comments: Not sure if I would do this race again unless I had more long hill training. Enjoyed the pool swim, but I think for races open-water swims get me more pumped up to race. Great race t-shirts! Last updated: 2006-09-12 12:00 AM
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United States
Lakeridge Athletic Club
77F / 25C
Sunny
Overall Rank = /40
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Ate a banana, 2 Protonix for my stomach and 2 chewable Pepto's
Nothing