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Comments: Ignoring the time, this was the most positive part of the race for me. I wasn't lightening fast at all, but I swam over 3/4 of it freestyle which is a HUGE improvement over any other triathlon I've done so far. I swam out with everyone freestyle, freaked out only for a minute around the first bouy and whipped out backstroke for a very short time. Then I thought to myself..."Carrie, there is no one around you. Turn over and swim freestyle." So I did and I was comfortable and relaxed. Also, towards the end I even picked it up a little and passed a few people. I was still in the bottom of the swim, but it's an overall improvement. What would you do differently?: I would do nothing differently; however, next time, of course, I have to do better.  Transition 1
Comments: I don't know what happened in T1. Bob said he was yelling at me to hustle but I thought I was. I was fighting a cramp during the swim and I really felt it as I was getting out of the water. What would you do differently?: Hustle more, I guess.  Bike
Comments: I could have pushed it a little harder but this cramp was bothering me still. Also, my hamstring was aching on the bike. It never aches on the bike :-( I drank and took gels as I intended to practice for Timberman What would you do differently?: Nothing really. If I didn't have cramp issues or my hammy wasn't acting up I would have liked to have gone a little harder on the bike. Transition 2
Comments: For some reason you have to run around transition for a while before you get to the mats for the run. Why? I have no idea. What would you do differently?: Listen to the pre-race announcement on where the run out is ;-)  Run
What would you do differently?: There isn't much I could have done differently here under the circumstances. My legs felt good coming off of the bike, so I planned that well. I couldn't do anything about my hamstring or the cramp so I'm glad I didn't stop after the first loop :-) Post race
Warm down: Warm down was the 15 minutes back to the car. Ate some pasta, bananna, bagel, and home we went What limited your ability to perform faster: My hamstring and these cramps. That's two races in a row. I'm really chalking it up to my diet. It can't be dehydration because I drank a ton the day before and drank enough during the race. I've been eating slightly crappy for the last 2-3 weeks. I'll work on it so it doesn't happen in NH. Event comments: This was a nice and challenging race. It was a little iffy during registration but once registered everything went smoothly. Last updated: 2008-07-19 12:00 AM
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90F / 32C
Sunny
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Age Group = 30-34 F
Age Group Rank = 3/4
Got up REALLY early at around 2:45am, ate, drank coffee, loaded up my bike, waited for Fred, and we were off. I had to be there at about 5:45 since I wasn't registered. It's a good thing we got there as early as we could because the people that were registering us in had aboslutely no idea what the f*** they were doing. I started out with #570, body marked and all, and then was changed to #70. We had to walk about 15 minutes to the start with all of our stuff.
The walk to the start with all of my stuff was a little bit of a warm-up. I did also jump into the water and just swam a few strokes. This seemed to calm me down a little. I may have to always do this.