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Singapore Biathlon 2005 - Biathlon (swim/run)


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Navy
 		Total Time = 1h 48m 54s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
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Swim
  • 45m
  • 1500 meters
  • 03m / 100 meters
Comments:

First actual open water swim although not my first race, same event last year's race was in a lagoon.
Started out swimming freestyle but after a while started to panic and this cause me to get breathless. It was due to fear, fear of drowning in the sea and uncomfortable with so many swimmers around. I had to stop, relax, tread water , float on my back and calm myself down before continuing slowly in breaststroke.Swam to the side and zig zag not direct route I only reached the first buoy which is only 450m away according to the map after more than 19mins in the water!!! I must have taken a lot of time to calm myself down and did not swim in a straight line.....But after the first buoy regain my confidence and proceed my normal swimming routine.
What would you do differently?:

Never panic. relax and do freestyle. I know I should be able to do freestyle comfortably for that distance in the swimming pool. My worst 1500m swim timing ever, Oh well, There's always a next time
Transition 1
  • 04m 7s
Run
  • 59m 47s
  • 10 kms
  • 05m 59s  min/km
Post race
Event comments:

With such a slow timing I will only improve my timing next year...




Last updated: 2005-03-26 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:45:00 | 1500 meters | 03m / 100meters
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance:
Suit:
Course:
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current:
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting:
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
T1
Time:  04:07
Overall:
Removing cap, goggles and wetsuit:
Getting into shoes:
Running
00:59:47 | 10 kms | 05m 59s  min/km
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance:
stop a few times to walk and take water then run. Could have run much faster
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
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2005-03-26 2:25 AM

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Subject: Singapore Biathlon 2005

2005-03-26 5:18 AM
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yo bro! take it easy man! Great that you managed to complete the race. Yes, it can be quite scary. Front crawl helps you focus on your swimming. Breaststroke makes you see too much of the distance and how far you're away from any land mass - hence the panic attack. I kept going on frontcrawl and at one stage was even humming some tunes to myself. I kind of gave up trying to fight the currents and I found that keeping myself occupied helped me get to my target!
2005-03-26 9:19 AM
in reply to: #134356

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Subject: RE: Singapore Biathlon 2005

Keep it up! Like you said, you can only improve!

Keep working on that run, lots of time can be taken off there.

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