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 Swim
Comments: Instead of a crown, I grabbed my cap and goggles and scooted off to the swim, an uneventful 300-yard snake swim. I had mistakenly seeded myself with the 5:00 swimmers, although I later realized that my time was going to be more like 9:00. They wouldn’t let me re-seed, so I apologized profusely to the swimmers behind me and let a few pass at the wall. I was breast-stroking most of the way, so imagine my surprise when I exited the pool with a 7:12 time. Yes, Virginia, there is a difference between yards and meters. What would you do differently?: Develop better swimming fitness.  Transition 1
 Bike
Comments: Off to T1 and the bike. The drizzle had stopped, but it was cool, so I slipped a cycling jacket over my trisuit and off I went. The route had us going to the W&OD, then out to Partlow’s and back. The way out seemed more difficult than usual, so I chased an e-Gel with a big slug of water and felt better. I was still much slower than usual (14 mph average – bike time included T1/2 times), but chalked it up to inconsistent conditioning. Lots of friendly cyclists on the way. Even the race leaders shouted encouragement to us BOP’ers. What would you do differently?: Better fitness Transition 2
 Run
Comments: Back to T2, changed shoes at a leisurely pace. One advantage of being a BOP’er is that T1 is generally uncrowded. But T2 can be demoralizing if you’re tired and the speedier folk are getting in their cars while you’re about to run. Off I went, keeping the jacket on for warmth. I started to feel my toes and developed an appreciation for what you folks at Lake Anna had gone through. Ankles weren’t hurting too bad, so I jogged about 2/3 of the way, walked 1/3. It felt sloooow, and my time showed it. I didn’t make my 2:15 goal, but I had a great time and learned a few more lessons. Next up: Manassas Mini Tri, May 15. Post race
Last updated: 2005-05-09 12:00 AM
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 2005-05-09 1:31 PM |
Extreme Veteran  414  Reston, VA |  Subject: Worldgate Super Sprint |
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Overall Rank = 67/70
Age Group = F40-44
Age Group Rank = 9/9
I decided to enter the Worldgate Super Sprint after bowing out of Columbia in favor of the Open-Water swim clinic. Aside from Reston, this is probably the closest race to my house, so it was nice to be able to decide to do a race spur-of-the-moment and with a low-key perspective.
The weather was grey and drizzly on race day, but I felt great. I started the South Beach Diet the week earlier, with no ill effects. I did have some pirogies the night before the race, and a PowerBar before bedtime to top off glycogen tanks, but I couldn’t stuff another PowerBar in my face that morning no matter how I tried. Even though it was a sprint, it had a long-ish bike leg, and I knew that it would take over 2 hours.
Note to self: Do NOT eat a PowerBar right before bed. I fell right to sleep at 10, only to waken at 1 a.m. with severe stomach cramps. This went on until about 2:30. It didn’t seem stress-related because I felt no stress at all. Dunno what that was all about, but I won’t make that mistake again.
The race itself was well-enough organized for a small race. They had us rack our bikes behind the club and hand them a separate T2 bag, which they transported to the second transition near the Herndon caboose. A group was chatting near the racks, and a woman recognized me from a previous 5k. When I mentioned that I had done a sprint in Florida two weeks earlier, a fellow named Ernie from beginnertriathlete.com asked “Are you the Mullet Queen?” Blush. It truly is a small world. Yes indeedy, it’s true, I told him, but I left my sash and tiara at home for this race.