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Comments: I swear I swim faster than this!! The swim felt good - I was actually unpleasantly surprised when I got my time. Swim to first 2 buoys went really well. After the 2nd, I swam to the right to escape a girl who was attacking me (seriously - I have bruises) and felt totally off course for the rest of the swim. Stroke felt decent though. What would you do differently?: Work more on navigation. Get out of the water faster. Transition 1
Comments: Had to run pretty far to my bike - transition area was huge. Threw on shoes and helmet pretty quickly and jogged bike to start. Was a little slow getting started - couldn't get my shoes into the toe clips! Bike
Comments: I was SOOOOO unprepared for this. I expected the area around Aurora Res to be flat, and the course was actually full of hills. I think I only rode the bike 3-4 times in training, figuring I could just power through it. Bad assumption. I did OK, but wore myself out before the run. Also feel pretty strongly that I could have done much better on this leg had I adequately trained. What would you do differently?: Train more seriously for the bike leg of the race, and be more prepared for hills. Transition 2
Comments: Most of this was just the time required to get the bike to the rack, and get back to the run start. Run
Comments: Being unprepared for the bike just left me with NO energy for the run. My legs actually felt okay, so I ran the first two miles at what felt like an agonizingly slow pace. After the turnaround, I got a side cramp and spent the last mile walking up the hills, then running down. Was pretty disappointed that I didn't run the whole run, but my time was actually faster than I thought it was... What would you do differently?: Prepare better for the bike so I'd have more energy left for the run. Post race
Warm down: Walked bike 1 mile back to car. What limited your ability to perform faster: Didn't train enough on the bike!!!!! Event comments: This was my first tri so I can't compare, but I did have a great time! The parking situation was a mess, and late start was a pain, but it was worth it for the atmosphere of the event. It was fun to race with so many positive, encouraging women - took away the intimidation of my first tri... Last updated: 2004-07-14 12:00 AM
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80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 922/2593
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 0/
Woke up at 4:45, left for the res at 5. Parking was a mess so waited in traffic to park, then walked bike a mile to the race course. Race was delayed an hour, so spent another two hours waiting for my wave to start.
None really, except for the walk from parking. I know - I slacked on this...