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Comments: I LOVED the swim. I was surprised that I wasn't closer to 40 minutes, but it was choppy and it seemed like there was never anyone around me, so maybe I didn't swim straight enough! ;) I tried to catch some toes, but either they didn't swim straight, or one girl ahead of me just stopped! What would you do differently?: Go faster! When I told my husband how much I loved the swim and was so happy he suggested that maybe I could have pushed it a bit harder... can't be too happy out there, huh?  Transition 1
Comments: I was way faster in transition than I expected! Yipee! What would you do differently?: Went well. I was happy.  Bike
Comments: This is where I definitely need the most work. On the first loop I got passed a lot (I ended up losing over 90 places). I had been struggling with my saddle of late, and today was no different (I thought I had it worked out, but NOT). By the end of the ride I could barely sit on my seat - forget about aero position. Still, I did manage to pass some people on the second loop (on hills no less) and overall I am happy as I was hoping for 3:30. What would you do differently?: With more experience and weight loss this will improve. Transition 2
Comments: Again, I felt this transition went pretty well.  Run
Comments: First 10k went awesome! I was feeling great and did it in 1:03. But after 10k my stomach was getting quite upset so I didn't take the third gel and was looking for some coke... but they were out! (no fair - slow people need coke too!!!) So I slugged through the second 10k walking and running - it took me 16 minutes longer to do the second 10k. What would you do differently?: More experience, less weight, and hope they have coke left on the course. My goal was 2:20, and I met that, so I was happy. Post race
Warm down: Soaked legs in the lake - went for pasta at Boston Pizza. What limited your ability to perform faster: Experience, weight loss, experience... Event comments: I was thrilled with this race as my original goal had been to finish under 7 hours, and then after some training I had personally lowered it to 6:45 (I didn't tell my coach that though...). Before the weekend I had set my "out of my mind happy" time to 6:36, but didn't really believe that I could do that... :) :) :) I am so excited about moving on to the full ironman distance... next year it's back to being the supportive wife so my hubby has a chance to train, but in 2010 - Ironman Canada - you're all mine! Profile Album Last updated: 2008-01-27 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 391/496
Age Group = F4049
Age Group Rank = 27/41
We stayed at the Howard Johnson near the race, so at 5:15am we checked out and headed to the race. At 4:45 I had half a blueberry bagel and a banana. Sipped on Gatorade.
When I was in line to get body marked I noticed a very fit looking and SKINNY woman behing me with her husband and very very young child. I asked her how she could have possibly gotten ready for this race in such a short time and she smiled and responded that she hadn't actually birthed the child... so I got to thiking about a blog I read on this website about a woman that was going to adopt so she wasn't sure if she was going to race this half ironman, and I said "that isn't you... is it??" She smiled and said it was! So I got to meet BusyGirl! Small World! :-)
Swam a bit to get used to the chop.