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Comments: Not my best swim...At all. I should have been about 5 min faster, I think. I opted not to wear the wetsuit b/c the water was pretty perfect, and I'm just not comfy in it yet and the day before I was feeing awkward and a tad bit warm on an easy 20 min swim...but in hindsight, I wonder if I should have. OR maybe I just had a bad swim? Sighting wasn't great, drafting was non-existent. I swam pretty relaxed and enjoyed it, but wonder why I didn't go faster. I got out feeling warmed up and not out of breath though. What would you do differently?: Maybe wear the wetsuit...better get some practice in it.  Transition 1
Comments: I sucked. I need to practice transitions again...I was a bit discombobulated all weekend, and this spilled over into transition! I fumbled with my garmin, messing with the settings and stuff...should have had that all set in the morning before the race! I had a hard time clipping in as well. I gotta work on this. I need to be more organized. What would you do differently?: GO faster. Plan and practice.  Bike
Comments: I had someone to leap frog with for much of the race, which made me really want to race. I did really well on the turns and corners and just felt spot on on the bike. I felt good. I was breathing hard and working hard, but not so much that I couldn't keep it up. Kept it in slight check thinking about the run, but still pushed it. What would you do differently?: Nothing. I don't ride this fast, so I am quite pleased with my lil self. Transition 2
Comments: Again, I am slow. I also had to pee, so after thinking about it, and getting ready to take off to run, I decided to squat down and pee in transition...should have peed while getting ready for the run. What would you do differently?: Again, organization and practice!  Run
Comments: Started out breathing fairly shallow and it didn't change much! I pushed it on the run past my comfort level, but not to where I was miserable like a 5k pace. It was do able and I *may* have been able to go another mile, but wouldn't really want to at that point. I was breathing heavy off the bike and never really caught it. Maybe that is just what racing, rather than pacing feels like. About mile 4 I saw a woman I race locally coming out maybe .5 behind me...she is a faster runner than me but it's what kept me going hard. I was trying hard to NOT let her pass me...and she didn't :) What would you do differently?: Maybe should have my inhaler handy...or maybe just get used to what it feels like to push into a level that is somewhat uncomfortable, but do-able? Happy with the run. Predicted 51 min and went under that. Post race
Event comments: love, love, love this race...will do it again and again and again. beautiful area, beautiful course, great people...looking forward to many years of future St. A's!!! Last updated: 2008-02-18 12:00 AM
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St. Anthony's Triathlon
80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 868/3531
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 21/194
Met my coach at 6am at transition to get some infinit (oops...I am not prepared!)..then set up pretty quick and returned to the hotel for a leisurely breakfast of coffee, cheerios and boost on the porch with my friend watching everyone walk to the swim. Mistakenly poured the half and half on my cereal :o Tried to drain it and then use the skim milk!! This was pre-coffee!!
Got dressed and headed for the swim start (around .8 mile away) around 8am, to be there and ready for the 8:45 predicted wave start. Met a nice woman in my AG on the way and chatted...her last name was OTT! Ha. Ran into Janice (so happy to see her!!!) and Sue and Sue's friend. Took a GU, drank some water and saw Sharon, my mother for the weekend ;) Stood in line. I was sans wetsuit, so no prep there.
The .8 mile walk to the beach.