Mermaid Triathlon
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Mermaid Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: Slow and steady pace. It worked for 1500m in April and it worked for this 400m. Transition 1
Comments: Transitions weren't timed and I managed to delete the race from my watch! This one was probably ~ 4-5 minutes. (A huge improvement for me since my 7:00 at Wildflower!) After exiting the water, you had to run on the beach a little, then up a grass hill, then into the transition area. Wetsuit came off easily. Did the shoes last. No gloves for just 11 miles. Bike
Comments: Roads were open to traffic w/police at the intersections. I was nervous about cars a few times :( (mostly just me being scared - the police were doing a great job). Sometimes it was a little difficult to pass people because we didn't have that much of the road. What would you do differently?: Try to go a little faster around the corners. I slowed down considerably and then had to get back up to speed. This definitely impacted my avg speed - on the straight-aways my bike computer was reading between 18-22mph. Transition 2
Comments: Again, no exact time. But a volunteer said it was fast :) Did what I missed last time - carried my race belt + hat out with me instead of putting it on in trans area. Still loving the speed laces on my running shoes. Run
Comments: Seemed okay. The trail felt good on my knees, but sometimes I felt a little slippage. Finishing the last ~ 200 yards in the sand didn't allow for a big kick at the end! Post race
Warm down: Walk around, eat, stretch. Cytomax Recovery drink. What limited your ability to perform faster: I did a 25 mi bike ride + 30 min Brick run the day before. Event comments: This was my first all-women triathlon. It was a lot of fun! Interesting contrast between this smaller, much more chill event and Wildflower in April. I think I like both kinds of tris :) Excellent police and volunteer support. Oh yeah - and we got necklaces instead of medals! Last updated: 2005-06-13 12:00 AM
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2005-06-13 12:03 PM in reply to: #173867 |
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United States
By the Beach Productions
80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 26/217
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 4/28
Didn't think I was nervous, but my stomach told me otherwise. Solid food was not my friend. Thank goodness for Cytomax Pre-Formance and Clif Shot Mocha Buzz. I was in the last wave, so I got there right around when the first wave started. Very chill transition area. Limited space b/c I got there late, but I found some room pretty easily.
Enough running back and forth between the bathroom, race start, trans area...