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Lake Lenape Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: I guess my swimming is my best event, who'd have thought? Still having trouble getting into my breathing routine in the lakes. Hopefully that will get better with experience. What would you do differently?: Not much. Still using the sidestroke when I get tired of freestyle. It's definately a fast alternative.  Transition 1
Comments: OK a new lesson learned. When coming out of the transition area onto the road, stay to the middle of the road. I was on the right toward the curb and a woman having trouble clipping into her clips ran me off the road. I tried to unclip but didn't have enough time and found myself against the curb with no where to go. Fell over but fortunately suffered no damage. Quickly got back up and clipped back in and off I went. 310/425 What would you do differently?: Ride to middle of road coming out of transition. Pay more attention to the other riders around me to make sure they are not going to affect my transition.  Bike
Comments: About 1/4 way into the ride I reminded myself that it's all about today. No need to worry about being ok to ride tomorrow, give it all you've got. That helped me quicken my pace and I felt good about it mentally. Began the ride by eating half a clif pb bar, hoping to keep my sugars up as during Danbury I felt woozy coming out of the water into the transition. Hydrated well, half water, half gatorade. Didn't want to overdue it and get cramps during the run. Dismounted at the last possible spot before the run with the bike back to the transition area. Short run about 50 yards. Quick change into running sneakers and out on my way. What would you do differently?: I'm not sure how a new bike (modern, lighter, faster, stronger, better, hmmm, bionic?) would affect my ride. The fastest riders are going at a 25-26 mph pace, I'm doing 18.5. Will this be affected by a better bike? How much affect? Is this my weight, my training? Things to think about? Questions to post. Transition 2
Comments: Pretty good transition. Biked raked quickly, helmet off and changed sneakers. Not sure what I could have done faster. Running with the bike in my shoes. I think if I get out of my shoes, leaving them clipped in, and run in my socks or barefoot that I could knock off some time. 280/425 What would you do differently?: Work on getting out of the shoes and leaving them clipped to bike.  Run
Comments: Able to run in shade during some portions, you could definately feel the difference when running at the curb under the trees. Took water at all 3 stations, drank half, poured half. At turn around they had a fire hose spraying one side of the road, took the turn under the hose, it felt great! I knew the finish was about 1.5 miles and was feeling good. Keep pace with a guy with a brace on his knee who would run faster and then stop and walk, I would catch him while he walked. Clearly the run is my worst element, but this one was definately faster than my last, about the same (maybe a bit slower) than my 5k in April. Not bad following the swim and bike segments. I think I could have pushed a bit more, but I don't think too much more. I definately did the last 1/2 mile at a quicker pace, basically lengthening my strides. What would you do differently?: Run faster? More training for the run. Need to work on my pace. Post race
Warm down: Food! Peanut butter on a bagel. Wow, I think JIF is better than Skippy. 2 oranges, and lots of water. What limited your ability to perform faster: Hopefully not more than my 1) Experience Level 2) 15 year old bike 3) Inability to run faster 4) Still carrying about 35 pounds too much 5) Event comments: Nice race. I will definately look forward to going back next year. It was nice to have my parents there. The kids and Susan all volunteered at a water station and got race shirts for their help. Noah handed out water and rooted everyone on with gusto. It was great hearing him telling everyone what a great job they were doing. My kids are OK. Sometimes we see them as people instead of just our children and breath a sigh of relief that their good people. After my first race, in Danbury CT on June 19 I felt let down afterwords. I not sure exactly what it was, perhaps something about it was anti-climatic. I had worked so hard and it was just 'ok'. However, it's Tuesday now and I can still feel the sense of euphoria in my bones, under my skin. I'm so pleased at how well I did, and proud of myself for the continued effort. I'm looking forward to my next race, and am scouring the web for where and when! Age group 42/49 Last updated: 2004-07-13 12:00 AM
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 2004-07-13 10:44 AM |
Veteran 162   South Orange, NJ |  Subject: Lake Lenape Triathlon |
| 2004-07-13 12:16 PM in reply to: #37082 |
Champion 13323    Gold member | Subject: RE: Lake Lenape Triathlon im glad this one worked! and again, i apologize for whatever happend and will see what could be done.
sounds like u have some great kids...i just hope mine will share the enthusiasm too when they grow up. it must be cool getting handed water by your own flesh and blood...u must be a proud daddy. |
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Overall Rank = 329/425
Age Group = 35-39
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I woke around 4:00, earlier than I had set the alarm, and had already been up around 2:00am. Decided it was best to get up and begin getting ready and try to relax. Took a shower and shaved, woke Susan at 5:10, wanted to get on the road at 5:45 to be there by 7:00. No indication of check in times on the confirmation letter but the race was schedule to begin at 8:00. Susan got the kids up and I went for coffee and doughnuts for them, and a bagel for me. On the road by 5:50, not bad. I was relaxed and feeling good. Ate my bagel, chewed two immodium and drank at least a liter of water. The 50 mile trip took just under an hour and we arrived at the parking area at 6:50. There was a good 7/10 mile walk to the transition area. I left the kids and Susan to walk it, while I grabbed my bike and rode to the check in. Much bigger than my first triathlon last month, the racks covered most of the left side of the beach (uh oh, a sandy beach, had not considered that). Lots of folks had containers for water to clean off their feet, oh well, I'm sure my towel would do just fine. Still pretty relaxed considering, the sheer size was more than twice my first. Danbury had 155 participants, this one was 425. And the bikes, a significant number of tri specific and high end bikes made my neck constantly crane with bike envy. Oh well, again, my Schwinn Voyageur has gotten me this far, I took a breath, swallowed my pride and was still amazingly relaxed. Felt good to have the family all with me again, and the parents were going to be there soon as well. Checked in, got numbered (156) and set up my transition site. Well numbered, and enough room. Carpeting covering the beach to the transition area and fake grass lining the rows between racks. The guy on my right was riding a huffy mountain bike, feeling better about my schwinn, the guy on my left, a Softride, ugh. Went to the bathroom to unhydrate myself and was ready to go.
Got a small amount of biking to the transition area and about 7:40 donned my wetsuit and waded into the brown water of Lake Lenape. They call it a Cedar Lake, filtered by the NJ Pine Barrens. It kind of tastes like unsweetened iced tea, and looks exactly like it. Swam about 150 yards or so to stretch out my arms. Still feeling good.