![]() Swim
Comments: The race was set up for split times but I don't see any on the results so I am fairly disappointed. What would you do differently?: I would just relax, slow down, and swim my own race rather than letting everything get to me. I know I can freestyle that far. Looking back its kind of funny. I never thought I would freak out like that. I am going to make a few trips over to Helena and swim in the lake where my next tri is before that race and put in a lot of extra time to improve it and my confidence in it. ![]() Transition 1
Comments: I was so disappointed by my swim that I pretty much just walked out of the water and to my rack. I just took my time and wiped all the grass off my feet and made sure I had everything ready to do. I grabbed a drink of water and headed out. What would you do differently?: I think going slower allowed me to calm myself down and relax after the horrible swim. In my next race I will run to my bike and try to go as fast as I can through this transition though because there were a good five people who were less than a minute ahead of me and I could of made up that time here. ![]() Bike
Comments: The day before the triathlon I drove the course and the bike segment had me worried. I had just gotten my bike a week before and because of the weather only ridden it once. So This was going to be my second time on a bike, other than in spin class, since I was in grade school. The fact that it was downhill for the first half and I obviously am not used to my clipless pedals added to my apprehension. However once I got onto my bike all that went out the window and I just wanted to catch everyone in front of me. Only one person passed me the whole time I was on the bike and I passed quite a few people, especially on the hills on the way back to the lake. What would you do differently?: I was extremely happy with my ride. I wish I could have clipped in faster because that took a while. Other than that though I think I did everything pretty well and shifted correctly to handle the hills. I could have maybe pushed a higher gear for some of the ride. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: This time I was really fast through transition. I just took off my cycling shoes, put on my running shoes, grabbed a drink of water, and took off. What would you do differently?: Nothing ![]() Run
Comments: My legs felt pretty good at the beginning. The couple of small hills towards the beginning slowed me down a lot. The first half of the run felt extremely slow but I did better as it went on. I didn't get passed once and continued to pass a few people. I almost caught the girl who passed me on the bike. She ended up finishing a couple seconds(10 minutes and a couple seconds)ahead of me. What would you do differently?: I would push myself a little harder because I felt like I still had some gas in the tank. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Grabbed a recovery drink, banana, and bagel while standing around the finish line relaxing and talking to another competitor. What limited your ability to perform faster: The SWIM. Nerves, inexperience, there's a lot of room for improvement. Event comments: This was my first triathlon and although some things went wrong I am pretty happy with it. I learned a lot and I am really looking forward to my next race and redeeming myself on the swim ;) Last updated: 2008-03-12 12:00 AM
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United States
Summit Healthcenter
60F / 16C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 28/58
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 3/4
This was my first triathlon. I went to bed around ten the night before. I woke up about once an hour thinking that I might have overslept. I ended up getting up at 4 and leaving the house by 5. I arrived at the lake by around 6:30 to give me plenty of time to set up. Got to see the swim course and think to myself "OMG that is a LONG swim!".
I didn't warm up. I swam a short out and back and thought WOW this wetsuit is awesome. I am going to actually swim pretty good!