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Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: Swam way too fast the first 250 meters. Got caught up in the adrenaline rush and then the last 150 meters I was sucking wind BADLY. Ended up about 1 minute slower than I had thought I would be. Good learning experience though. Wasn't too dizzy getting out of the water. What would you do differently?: Start out slower and swim my pace.  Transition 1
Comments: There was about a 50 yard hill to climb from the water to the transition area. I took this slower than I normally would, just to get the dizziness to calm down a bit. Wetsuit came off pretty well. Used body glide on my ankles and that helped. What would you do differently?: Overall T1 was ok. More open water swims to get rid of the dizziness but that's about it. The hill climb on this race slowed you down a bit.  Bike
Comments: Felt pretty good on the bike once I recovered from the swim. Took about 1 1/2 miles. Passed 14 people on the bike. The headwinds were really bad the last half of the bike. What would you do differently?: Probably could have pushed a little more on the bike but the headwinds were nasty. Transition 2
Comments: My calves were starting to cramp as I finished the bike and they didn't get any better when I got off. Overall T2 was ok though.  Run
Comments: Calves cramped really bad the first half mile or so. Had to stop 4 or 5 times to stretch and try to rub them out. Eventually they loosened up and were ok but I lost a lot of time with this. Felt a little more tired on the run than I expected to. What would you do differently?: More brick training with race-type transitions to get my legs used to this. Or, just suck it up and run through the cramps until they go away like they did today. Post race
Warm down: Watermelon, water, and Powerbar. Stretched some and then visited for a bit with friends. Slow jog back to the parking lot. What limited your ability to perform faster: Leg cramps and starting the swim too fast. Event comments: Ok for my first race I think. Although I'm always my own worst critic! :) Will try to train those cramps out of my legs and do some more open water swimming. Overall though I had a GREAT TIME!!! And now I can say that I'm a TRIATHLETE!!! Last updated: 2004-05-22 12:00 AM
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 2004-06-19 7:09 PM |
Expert  1535    Coeur D'alene, ID |  Subject: Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon |
| 2004-06-19 9:36 PM in reply to: #32516 |
Master 1946  Bronze member | Subject: RE: Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon Way to go ...Sounds like you had a great race- and enjoyed yourself...What's next ??? |
| 2004-06-19 9:48 PM in reply to: #32516 |
Expert 1535 Coeur D'alene, ID | Subject: RE: Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon Thank you. It was a really fun time and can't wait to do it again. Next race is in July, another sprint. Hopefully I can better my time and not have to put up with the leg cramps then. |
| 2004-06-19 10:48 PM in reply to: #32516 |
| Extreme Veteran 463 | Subject: RE: Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon Wow! I can only aspire to your times. Congrats on your first (first?) tri. Looks like you found your sport. |
| 2004-06-20 11:04 PM in reply to: #32516 |
Expert 1535 Coeur D'alene, ID | Subject: RE: Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon Thanks Aikane. It was really a great time and now I'm hopelessly hooked! Don't know why I seem to pick the most expensive things to do though. Between triathlon and skiing I'm going to go broke!  But it's well worth it for the health benefits and friendships you build. Keep up your good work and have fun with Tri-ing. |
 2004-06-21 12:25 AM in reply to: #32516 |
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| 2004-06-21 4:47 AM in reply to: #32516 |
| Member 32 Wellington | Subject: RE: Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon If I could do the same times as you in my first tri, I'd be over the moon. What a great effort. Can't wait to see what you get up to next. You're a legend! Susan |
| 2004-06-21 9:53 AM in reply to: #32516 |
| Extreme Veteran 444 Fort Wayne, IN | Subject: RE: Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon Nice race and congrats on the finish. Very nice bike split especially with headwinds. |
| 2004-06-25 6:38 PM in reply to: #32516 |
| Veteran 294 MO | Subject: RE: Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon Great race, Flyboy! Your bike split was GREAT!!! Especially with headwinds -- I can't go that fast even on a flat, with NO wind! Way to go, triathlete! |
| 2004-07-16 2:30 PM in reply to: #32516 |
| Member 24 Mississauga, Ont | Subject: RE: Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon Great job. You had great time. Hope one day that I can get that good. |
| 2004-07-21 12:19 PM in reply to: #32516 |
| Extreme Veteran 410 The Great Pacific Northwest | Subject: RE: Medical Lake Founders Day Triathlon I think it sounds like you did a GREAT job! My calves threaten to charlie sometimes too and I just try to send it away. I play a lot of "mental" games when I run. On my 8-miler last week I was really feeling charlies at my "heels". Congratulations on a great first triathlon! Woo! |
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Worked night shift last night but was fortunate to get to sleep from about 0100-0645. Relaxed in the morning, ate 2 good-sized pancakes at 0900. Got to the race site at 1100 to scope out the transition area. Already had biked the course so knew that pretty well. Relaxed and chatted with some friends for the next 1 1/2 hours. Ate an apple and banana about 45 minutes before the race. Wetsuit on about 20 minutes before race time.
Stretched and made sure all was ready in transition. Then many of us swam the 400 yards across the lake to the start area. Most were taken in trucks around the lake but probably 20 or so of us swam it to warm up.