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GREAT FLORIDIAN - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: THE WATER WAS COMPLETLY BLACK. I WAS PANICKY AT FIRST AND JUST COULDN'T BREATHE. PEOPLE SWIMMING ALL OVER ME. I CALMED DOWN AND GOT BACK TO NORMAL SWIMMING. WATER WAS CHOPPY AND I GOT SEA SICK TWICE. YOU HAVEN'T LIVED TILL YOU DRY HEAVE WHILE SWIMMING. I NAVIGATED PRETTY WELL. NOT TOO TIRED AT THE END.....BUT MY STOMACH AND BACK HURT FROM THE DRY HEAVES. What would you do differently?: PRACTICE IN THE DARK WATER AND BE USED TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE YOUR HANDS AND ARMS AS YOU SWIM. AND AS THE TIME SHOW......LEARN A MORE EFFECIENT STROKE ![]() Transition 1
Comments: I WENT TO CHANGING TENT BECAUSE I WANTED MY GOOD BIKE SHORTS. THIS MEANT I HAD TO GO TO MY BIKE, TO THE TENT, AND THEN BACK TO BIKE. IMMEDIATLY AFTER GETTING ON BIKE YOU GO STRAIGHT UP A HILL. I WAS GLAD I KNEW THAT AND HAD THE BIKE IN A LOW GEAR. What would you do differently?: JUST TRY TO BE A LITTLE QUICKER. I REALLY TOOK MY TIME. ![]() Bike
Comments: PEOPLE WERE WALKING THE HILLS CONSTANTLY. I WANTED SO BAD TO RIDE EVERY HILL....BUT THE HARDEST, TALLEST ONE GOT ME ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY UP. I WAS GETTNG PASSED ON THE FLATS, BUT I WAS PASSING PEOPLE ON THE HILLS. MY QUADS WERE SO TIGHT. I GAINED PLACES ON THE BIKE...BUT I WAS IN SUCH A HOLE BECAUSE OF THE POOR SWIM. What would you do differently?: IF I TRAINED IN THE HILLS AND HAD CONFIDENCE, I COULD HAVE PUT OUT A GREATER EFFORT. I JUST HAVE TO GET MY AVERAGE SPEED ON THE FLATS UP. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: I AGAIN JUST TOOK MY TIME. I STRETCHED A BIT ALMOST LEFT WITHOUT MY RACE NUMBER. AND DECIDED AT THE LAST MINUTE TO WEAR A HAT. I RAN WITH MY BIKE SHORTS ON SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO DRESSING TENTS. MY ACHILLES WAS SORE BUT MY HEEL WAS NOT TOO BAD What would you do differently?: JUST A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZATION WOULD HELP ![]() Run
Comments: THE EARLY HILLS WERE JUST SOOO HARD. I HAD TO WALK SOME, BUT I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN SIGHT THAT I WOULD START RUNNING AGAIN. I DID GOOD WITH MY WATER INTAKE, GU CONSUMPTION, AND COLD SPONGES. ABOUT MILE 4 I REALLY KNEW I WAS GONNA MAKE IT. What would you do differently?: HILL TRAINING FOR THE RUN. I DON'T RUN HILLS AT ALL. ![]() Post race
Warm down: A BOTTLE OF WATER IMMEDIATLY. A BRIEF LEG MASSAGE. 2 PIECES OF PIZZA THAT WERE WONDERFUL. JUST KNOWING I HAD FINISHED FELT REALLY GREAT. What limited your ability to perform faster: NO HILL TRAINING, POOR SWIM STROKE Event comments: THE DRINK STATIONS WERE PERFECT AND THE PEOPLE IN THEM WERE JUST THE BEST. THIS RACE WAS SUPER WELL ORGANIZED AND I WOULD RECCOMEND IT TO ANYONE...BUT BE READY FOR THE HILLS Last updated: 2004-10-25 12:00 AM
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United States
SOMMER SPORTS
80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 631/
Age Group = 51-54
Age Group Rank = 20/
Small bowl of cereal. poweraide. Just try to stay relaxed
I didn't get wet early. I just Tried to get loose