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Comments: I couldn't breathe for the first part of the swim. I absolutely wanted to quit. The wetsuit was choking me and I was really freaking out. I did this freaked out horizontal side stroke (is that possible?) all the way out to the first buoy at which time I decided to f@#k this wetsuit and took it off to my waist. Too bad about the drag - I wasn't going anywhere with what I was doing up to that point. This was an excellent idea and as soon as I did that I was able to swim and actually picked off and passed about 4 red swim caps from my wave ahead of me. It felt good. Sighting was good even with the dilemma at the beginning - made it to the buoys and around no problems. Overall happy with the swim. What would you do differently?: NO WETSUIT! Anyone wanna buy a wetsuit?  Transition 1
Comments: Fast transition for me seemed to go smoothly. I don't know what I did for almost 5 minutes - probably complained to Yanti about the damn wetsuit. :)  Bike
Comments: Check me out! Woo hoo 16.41 mph average for the whole ride. My legs are feeling it (inner thighs mostly) but I am happy with this. Its a huge improvement for me. At the start of the ride, I was again out of breath and heartrate was soaring. Took about 4 miles to really settle down and ride. It seems this not-being-able-to-breath thing is a raceday start of the leg occurrence...it happened again on the run. What would you do differently?: Maybe not have gone out so hard at the start as I kind of pooped out at the end. Transition 2
Comments: Even better transition for me. Went smoothly I think shoes on, gu in pocket off I went. What would you do differently?: Nothing, well remember to take my hat out of the bag. Luckily Yanti was there and gave me hers.  Run
Comments: Again with the breathing and heartrate off the chart - as soon as I was out of transition and on my way I had to walk. I mostly did a 1:30/1:30 pace the first two miles but kept moving. Settled down eventually and had a decent run. I felt good the rest of the time and finished strong. What would you do differently?: CALM DOWN (for pete's sake!) Post race
Warm down: Walked around a bit. Yanti had a recovery drink ready to go for me which helped a lot. Got my stuff together and rode back to the car. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not breathing maybe, ya think? Overall, it was a great race for me and I felt good. Event comments: A good race overall, very well organized. Last updated: 2008-02-20 12:00 AM
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Had oatmeal and an apple. I had all my things laid out, did my hair, put on sunscreen, yanti helped with this thank you!, shoes on, out the door.
Not much of one. Rode from the car to transition, set up my stuff and stretched a wee bit. Mostly just hung around and waited for my wave to start in an hour or so. Chatted with Yanti and Faeron who came with me this weekend. I loved it that they came - I can't tell you how nice it was to have them there and then Yanti was an awesome awesome sherpa. I think everyone should have one just like her! :)