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Comments: they explained this so bad! swim out to the second buoy, make a right and swim to the first buoy and make another right is what they should have said. they told everyone to swim out to the second buoy and turn right and start heading back in because the next buoy wasn't directly across but most people took that to mean that you should head back into shore. so as i am trying to make it across to the next buoy, people are swimming over me to make it in to shore. pandemonium! the water was cold and i think santa needs to bring me at least a shortie wetsuit this year for christmas, i have been good! not only cold but it felt like there were pebbles floating in the water. i have to admit that i rounded the last buoy by cutting in front of it, major traffic jam around the back side of it and i was a little annoyed seeing that others had maybe done 200 meters to my 400. wel maybe 399 by cutting in front of the buoy. What would you do differently?: steal the bull horn and give the swim directions myself  Transition 1
Comments: it was chilly so i brought a long sleeve shirt for the bike. i was going back and forth in my mind if i should use it but then decided on the beach that i would just wear it thinking the indecision would be worse on my time in T1. well maybe i should have dried my arms a little better, didn't think of that, just dried my feet as usual. What would you do differently?: dried my arms  Bike
Comments: you would think that with a mile shorter i would have done 5 minutes better but i didn't. they switched up the course because of injuries and complaints from last race. the way they switched it up was to wind you through a condo complex with many many turns. it was confusing and i am so bad with slowing down on turns and corners that i let it get to me mentally. saying "i'm so bad at this" during a race is not a good game plan. i had it up around 19, 20 for the rest of the straight aways but that being said now you can see how much i slow down with an average of less than 15mph! What would you do differently?: not be such a weeney on turns Transition 2
Comments: this time should be a little longer and the bike about 30 seconds shorter because i was off the bike and in transition before i hit my watch but whatever. i felt a little queasy here, not sure why but i didn't puke so that is good. i did take a little longer than i should have here. What would you do differently?: pack extra mojo!  Run
Comments: left on the stinking long sleeve shirt, mistake 1. took the time to walk and eat some sports beans because i thought i would hurl. got my legs about 5 minutes into it and kept on going. at about mile 2 i was first passed byy and then caught up to my cousin christina. we decided to do the rest of it together which pushed me harder for some part but slowed us down because when we would agree to a walk break of 1 minute we would get to talking and 3 minutes would go by! when we got up to where the finish line usually is, a guy on the side said "the finish line is just around the corner" so we booked it to the corner to find he was wrong. we trudged up that street to find a little bit of a thing girl that said "you are almost there" so as we turned that corner and still could not see the finish we yelled back "define almost" so we get to the next corner and make a right and then at the end of that block was the finish line. christina and i crossed together and that was really cool. What would you do differently?: not gab so much on the run. Post race
Warm down: kissed and hugged pete, the girls my grandmother and aunt. What limited your ability to perform faster: lack of training since the danskin. i was happy that i did this one because i had fun but let's pretend i went out this season on the high note of danskin! Event comments: i need to focus on running and get a little more balsy on the bike. Last updated: 2007-08-02 12:00 AM
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woke up late, didn't hear the alarm but pete came home from work around 4:15 and woke me up. showered dressed and got the stuff in the car. i mentally remarked to myself that this is so old hat now and there is no longer that anxiety about what to bring and where it is, nice and relaxed. pete came down with shay first and she was all bright eyed and said, "mommy race, where you bike?" i told her it was already on the car and she said "ok". then he goes up and gets cate and she is just as excited about "race day", i think that is so cool, i'm still putting money aside for therapy just in case for them but i don't think this is damaging them too much. we get down to the race and pete runs off to make a potty stop while i'm still getting myself together. cate says "hey mommy, tigers are fast and they are strong...so go get 'em tiger". i have no idea where she comes up with these things!
got myself set up and lucky me was making a trip to the potty right as they were unlocking it so i was assured no wait and paper, that never happens! met up with my sister-in-law's friend who was racing for the first time and met up with my cousin. made my way down the beach for the crazy new swim pattern run down, so confusing the way they explained it.