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Race Reports for Esprit de She Tri San Diego - Super Sprint Course- 2017 TBA

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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: This was purely to introduce Kai and Kira to the sport. Kira was very happy with the swim and tolerated the rest. Kai was pretty excited and would like to do another. They ended up placing respectably for a couple of kid newbies!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I was surprisingly calm during the whole race. I never had butterflies, dread, anxiety or any of that, to which I am generally susceptible! I think this was because I was totally prepared, in terms of equipment and having mapped out my pre-race routine to the minute. And any time I started to get an inkling of those feelings, I was able to breath and meditate it away. I really tried to be in the moment and just focus on each little task at hand, and not let the outside world or the race itself get into my head. During training all these months (started in May), I had been nervous that I would finish last, but when I arrived at transition at 5:30, a girl racked up next to me with a BEACH CRUISER! She asked if it my first race, and if I was nervous, to which I replied that I wasn't, and that I was going to treat it like training. She said, "Training?" As if the thought of practicing for a race had never crossed her mind! So then I knew for sure that I wouldn't finish last! (No
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