Memphis in May - TriathlonOlympic

I did better than the last year but not as good as 2006 (30:13, 31:02, 29:39) I did do some drafting which I have never consciously tried before. Had a bunch of people swim over me at random parts of the course, for now "good" reason, i.e. it wasn't crowded and they could easily have gone around.

not much, just be better prepared with more training prior to the even (this will be a theme...)

Slower than both previous years, had lots of trouble with my gloves (I know, just forget them) and took time to put on both knee wraps although I never pulled up the right one...so it was really a calf warmer ;-) Slowest transition of all three years (4:51, 4:48, 3:36) Ate only a bite of the cliff bar, not sure if I should have had more.

forget gloves?

Okay, I know we always complain about head winds but OMG!!! There were times when the wind was so strong I was going only 13mph on a flat road!!!
Wasn't so bad considering I hadn't trained AT ALL!! Only 4 minutes off last year, when I also hadn't really trained... (1:27:33, 1:23:33, 1:24:10) Would like to actually run this race with good training.

Make sure to put the bike in LOW gear not HIGH :-(
Actually train instead of doing only 3 rides in a year!

Had forgotten to take off my toe-ring bandaids after the swim and so I had to take my socks off to remove them before putting on my running shoes which meant I had to sit down instead of just changing standing. (4:18, 4:58, 2:51)

Wish I knew what I did the first year to have a T2 of only 2:51

2008 24 355 Ruth Adams 43 12 30:13 4:51 25 1:27:33 16.8 4:18 23 1:18:01 12:34 3:24:54 LEXINGTON KY
2007 51 374 Ruth Adams 42 33 31:02 4:48 49 1:23:33 17.6 4:58 52 1:16:55 12:23 3:21:14 LEXINGTON KY
2006 46 363 Ruth Adams 40 28 29:39 3:36 42 1:24:10 17.5 2:51 52 1:26:11 13:53 3:26:25 LEXINGTON KY

Not sure, I guess be better trained on the bike ;-)

Med Tent!!! Here I go again! Wasn't feeling quite right with the breathing, seeing stars, wasn't wheezing, so I decided to sit and wait to see if it cleared up...after about 10 minutes, when it hadn't, I asked one of the medics if they had an inhailer other than proventhal as it hurt my lungs and I didn't want to use it, he insisted on listening to my lungs and gave me an albuteral/oxygen treatment...that didn't seem to help and when he stood me up I almost "went out on him", got very dizzy, saw stars and stumbled so they put me in a bed and made me breath oxygen...my pulse ox was 100% and I still wasn't wheezing but I couldn't talk without getting short of breath and I couldn't stand up without getting dizzy. After about another 15 minutes I started to feel better and the doc discharged me. Audrey cleaned up my transition area as every time I bent over I got dizzy again and I went to get some food. After a little food and a few minutes of sitting I started to feel more stable and we got in the car and left for KY.


Poor training on the bike...
Will use my inhailer next year :-(


Love this race!