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Comments: For the amount of time I spend in the pool, this swim was OK. I had to switch over to breast stroke more times than I wanted to. This was my first tri without a wetsuit and the longest open water swim distance that I've done so far. I'm slow and steady in the water. I just wish my "slow and steady" was a little faster :) What would you do differently?: Make an effort to get in the pool more. My time accurately reflects the training that I do in the pool. I would also like to be able to swim the entire course using freestyle.  Transition 1
Comments: 12/216 AG and 106/1632 OA. Not bad considering I made a decision before the race to use platform pedals so I had to put my shoes & sock on and tie them. If I had used bike shoes like I should have, this would have been faster. What would you do differently?: Nothing. This transition went well. I would have used bike shoes and clipped in instead of using running shoes and platform pedals, but at this point I didn't know that.  Bike
Comments: Ahhhh...the bike.. my nemesis. My left knee has been bothering me and I think it has to do with my foot position on the bike. I think need to adjust the position of the cleat. I don't spend a lot of time biking and this has just started happening recently so I made the decision to not clip in because I haven't had time to futz with the cleat position. Bad move. My feet slipped off the pedals three times. I, however, didn't have any knee pain. I'm not sure if it was good for me to risk my safety to save my knee from hurting (probably a good idea since MCM is coming up, but it still sucked.) I thought this was a tough bike course. There were some good hills and they were difficult to ride. I also spent a good bit of time coasting and breaking on the downhills. I'm not a good cyclist and HAVE to spend more time out on the road to work on my confidence. Confidence is key. The fitness is there. I would pass people on the flats and uphills and they would blow by me on the downhill. How frustrating. I need to grow some balls. What would you do differently?: Get outside and ride. It's that simple. Clip in (with the cleat in the correct position) Transition 2
Comments: Speedy T1. I didn't have shoes to worry about so I just racked my bike and went. What would you do differently?: Not much. This went well!  Run
Comments: This was a difficult course and my quads were letting me know they weren't happy. I only got passed one time on the run (by one of the relay runners.) I really like seeing someone in my AG ahead of me since it really pushes me to try and get past them. I'm thrilled with my run performance, especially since I didn't get passed. The pace was kind of slow, but I think that reflects the difficulty of the course. Hilly!! I saw MelissaE out there looking strong! Seeing a fellow BTer was a good mental pickup because my legs were pretty tired at that point. What would you do differently?: I was happy with this run. I would have liked to see my pace under 8:00/mile, but my legs were screaming so I did the best I could with it. Post race
Warm down: Found my family and Steve then went out for lunch. We didn't hang around for very long after the race. What limited your ability to perform faster: The bike. It's always the bike. I know how to fix it though.... TITS!! Event comments: This was a wonderful race. Very organized and it had a good vibe. I'm planning on doing it again next year! Last updated: 2007-11-30 12:00 AM
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75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 286/1632
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 31/216
Woke up at 4:00, ate a peanut butter and banana sandwich like usual, walked the dog, and loaded my transition bag in the car. We had to rack our bikes the night before and it wasn't wetsuit legal so there wasn't much stuff to worry about. Very nice! This was the first tri that I have done where I stayed at home the night before. The other races were in Philly so I was in a hotel. It felt a little strange heading to a race from home.
Not much. I had a LONG wait from the time transition closed to my swim wave (a little under 2 hours!) start. I walked around a lot, took some pictures, met up with my family, and stood in the port-o-potty line twice. They seemed exceptionally nasty, but I had to pee so bad I didn't really have a choice but to wait because my swim wave wasn't going off any time soon! By the time my wave started, I was ready to go.