Swim
Comments: I timed myself for the actual swim bit (rather than the split time which will include run from pool to transition area and timing mat. It was about 4:50. I am a bit disappointed about that as I know I can easily do 1:45/100m which would have been about 4:45. My swimming lately has been slow which is frustrating. I also felt very clumsy swimming under the lane ropes. I did tumble turn most times at the shallow end though which is an improvement on last year. Last year 5:52 compared with the 5:25 this year so at least some improvement which I didn't expect :) rank was 8th female What would you do differently?: I don't know - swimming is frustrating for me right now. I have to keep reminding myself that I have the endurance so can't dwell too much on it til after Lake Placid IM. Practicing tumble turns under lane ropes might have helped for a few seconds difference Transition 1
Comments: The bit in the timed part of transition felt quite smooth and I am looking forward to seeing if my time improved over last year. It all went a bit pear shaped after I had run across the timing mat and got onto the bike. I just couldn't clip in. So, I had to stop, clip one foot in at a standstill and then fumble with the other. Aaaarghhh Last year time was 1:50 so huge improvement but still WAY down the rankings (7 in age group, 26 in female, 73 overall) What would you do differently?: Ok it is time I actually practiced getting on and off the bike, preferably at a speed more than 0 Bike
Comments: I love the bike. Generally all went OK. I found it weird that I was a bit breathless right from the start for some reason and had to try and keep making myself relax. This resulted in me only feeling happy pedalling at a high cadence 95+ which was a bit strange Apart from the clipping in problem mentioned above, there were 2 little "mishaps" for me on the bike. Firstly on the first of the steeper hills my chain fell off! My chain has never fallen off before! I had to get off to get it back on properly and then of course it was hard to get going from 0mph in the middle of a hill. Don't think it too much time though. Secondly I was riding a part of the course and saw a boy sitting by the side of the road with his bike. I slowed down and asked if he was OK. He said NO and I wasn't sure what to do (he didn't look injured or in obvious pain) so I shouted that I would tell the next race marshall. Unfortunately this wasn't for ages and I ended up slowing down to tell the people at the next aid station. Hopefully they sorted him out. I felt a bit guilty, wondering if I should have stopped and if he looked injured I would have but nothing else I could have done I don't think. rank was 3rd female. I am pleased and surprised about bike (last year av 19.1mph so an improvement despite my hic-cups above) What would you do differently?: Practice getting on and off bike with forward movement and clipping in. Overall, I kept pushing at the pedals so reasonably happy. Transition 2
Comments: This felt smooth. I trotted along with the bike and then just did what I needed to do in transition and set off. Again, I'll be interested in seeing my time to see if I improved over last year. This was only segment slower than last year (last year 1:03) Oh well same comments as for t1, room for improvement. rank 9 age group, 33 female, 93 overall What would you do differently?: Nothing apart from practice getting off bike Run
Comments: Those first 5 minutes were tough. You had to go up a flight of stairs right out of transition which doesn't help and then a slight uphill. I felt so winded but just told myself to keep going as I knew it would get better. Then I just tried to keep a steady pace all the way around until the bit before the end which is nice and flat and so I tried to push a little bit more. I finished strong (and was caught on camera for local news!) Last year 28:31 (9:12 pace). My running is much stronger so I expected this to be faster than last year - still room for improvement although rank was 9 female which is OK as I don't consider myself a runner- yet! What would you do differently?: Nothing I don't think. I know my run is much stronger than last year so I am hoping to see that reflected in the time. I have a bit of a problem with these timing chips. Last year I put it on too loose and it rubbed against my ankle between skin and shoe and gave me a blister that was painful from half way round. This year I put it on tighter and it started digging into me and has left a sore on my ankle. Nothing that would have stopped me this time but just annoying as I was aware of it. Post race
Warm down: It was a lovely day so I just walked around and chatted to friends and family What limited your ability to perform faster: Apart from the silly "mishaps" and my swim frustrations I think that doing this at the end of a 15hour training week (and 18 hour week prior to that) didn't have me in most rested state........so watch out next year!!!! (unfortunately to catch up with next female I would need to shave NINE MINUTES off my time Hmmmm!!!!!!) Event comments: This is a nice local race which is organised and efficient. Because there were so many entries this year and it was a person going every 30 seconds, it made it a very prolonged experience to wait til the end. It is great that it is becoming so popular and not sure what they could do about it - maybe set swimmers off every 15 seconds? Last updated: 2007-05-07 12:00 AM
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United States
Town of Pittsford Recreation Dept
80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 32/237
Age Group = F40-49
Age Group Rank = 2/35
I was 3rd overall female so not actually in age group rankings. However, 2nd overall female was also my age group so I have extrapolated from that!
I woke up this morning and ate a huge bowl of cereal which was weird. I am usually too nervous to eat much on race mornings. I had packed night before and race is only 10 min drive away so hopped into car and got going.
The swim was in a pool with everyone going off at 30 sec intervals. I was 43rd so had 21 minutes to wait from the start. But I know I feel awful and winded without a swim warmup so I got in the pool before the race started and did 10 lengths. Then I had a gel and stayed in the warm pool area til it was my turn, just swimming up and down the dive area bit to warm up again immediately before.