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Boulder Stroke and Stride - Biathlon (swim/run)
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Comments: The swim was crazy. The waves were HUGE! I had never encountered such big waves before. It seemed everytime I came up for air I got a mouth full of water. It didn't help that I didn't have enough time to put my swim cap on correctly so I kept stopping to put it back on my head correctly. It was a mess. It was the worse swim start that I have EVER had. I almost turned around but I'M SO GLAD I DIDN'T. I didn't want a DNF by my name!  Transition 1
Comments: This was a blurrrrrrrrr.....  Run
Comments: I made a pact with myself. I would run until the turnaround. When I finally got to the turnaround, well, I kept running. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I RAN THE ENTIRE 5K. And I had my fastest time ever. I'm so excited. I even sprinted at the end. It was so kick ass. Whoo Hoo! I'm a stud. I'm so proud of my run. NEVER in a million years would I have thought I'd do better on my run than my swim but I did. What would you do differently?: Run a little faster. Post race
Event comments: Well, I can't believe that I tried to turn around and not do this. I'm so excited that I ran the entire 5K. I mean, I've never done it before in a two sport race. Whoo Hoo. Last updated: 2004-07-28 12:00 AM
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 2004-08-06 12:34 AM |
Master  1927     Chicago |  Subject: Boulder Stroke and Stride |
| 2004-08-06 2:31 AM in reply to: #44333 |
Expert 1279 Northern VA | Subject: RE: Boulder Stroke and Stride Atta girl Ovetta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOu kicked butt! Congrats on a great race. The green squares good (mine was yellow)!!!! /Gary |
| 2004-08-06 9:55 AM in reply to: #44333 |
Expert 852 Evergreen, Colorado Bronze member | Subject: RE: Boulder Stroke and Stride Way to go - especially on the run!!!! I can't imagine driving in traffic for two hours and then jumping right in to race - good job  Would you recommend this event/i.e. do it again? Edited by Stacers 2004-08-06 9:56 AM |
| 2004-08-06 12:34 PM in reply to: #44333 |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: Boulder Stroke and Stride great race! congrats on the run! I wish i went with y'all cause I am hung over today....... |
| 2004-08-06 1:04 PM in reply to: #44412 |
Master 1927 Chicago | Subject: RE: Boulder Stroke and Stride Stace, I'd recommend this event based upon three reasons:
And yes I am going to do it again next year. |
| 2004-08-06 3:00 PM in reply to: #44333 |
Expert 852 Evergreen, Colorado Bronze member | Subject: RE: Boulder Stroke and Stride Thanks Ovetta - I was wondering about how hardcore this race was - I was inimidated by the race results I looked up, and sounds like it is a pretty serious crowd. I've also hesitated about it because it's in Boulder - I could go the back way to get there, but think I'd still hit traffic. Anyhow, the last one's next week, so I think I'll wait til next year to try this one. Interesting to hear your comment on how others not walking kept you motivated to run the whole thing - I think I might have been able to run the whole Danskin but everyone else was walking so I didn't feel as bad walking!! |
| 2004-08-06 4:32 PM in reply to: #44333 |
| Extreme Veteran 444 Fort Wayne, IN | Subject: RE: Boulder Stroke and Stride Great job Ovetta. Way to kick butt on the run! Training is paying off. Thanks for the race report. |
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Driving through traffic for about two and half hours. I left work at 3:30 and arrived at the Boulder Res just before the race start at 6 p.m. I was so out of whack. I barely had time to use the bathroom and put on my wetsuit. I didn't even know the course, I could barely see the buoys and I even missed them a couple of times. More on that later.
When I got to the registration table they didn't have my name and then I had to go to another table to get my number and I didn't even know what my number was. It was crazy. Then I ran into Cogirl and that was fun.