Crystal River Triathlon
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Crystal River Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: Cut foot on rock before I hit waist deep water. Goggles were either fogged or dirty and couldn't site well coming in with strong current. What would you do differently?: Not cut my foot. Make sure goggles are clean before the start. Practice my lifeguard stroke in the pool because that saved my butt and was the only way I could see. Transition 1
Comments: Went better than expected. What would you do differently?: Struggled getting my shorts on. I need to find some tri short I like swimming in. I hate mine. Get bungee lace locks Bike
Comments: Bike was great. Left toe clip got tighten all the way down somehow and it took half a mile to get it to where I could insert my foot. was happy with my average speed What would you do differently?: Check my toe clip to be sure its open and I can get my foot in. Try to drink more. Transition 2
Comments: Biked in running shoes so noe shoe change What would you do differently?: Happy with it Run
Comments: HOT HOT HOT HOT. Both the women who beat me in age group plus a ton of others passed me on the run. Had trouble drinking out of a cup while running. Got too dry and stopped sweating. I just suck at running. What would you do differently?: Learn to run faster. Learn to drink out of a cup while running and/or get a small water bottle to carry and throw out Post race
Warm down: Caught my breath. Cleaned up transition and waited for Wendi to finish. Drank lots of water What limited your ability to perform faster: I suck at running. Also got dry on the run. Event comments: Great race for my first tri. Not a lot of participants so it wasn't crowded or confusing. Simple race course. Everyone was SO NICE. The staff and the participants. I must have looked pathetic on my run because everyone who passed me (and there were a lot who did) kept saying keep going you're doing great" They need more drink stations. Also I cut my foot 10 feet into the race and post race they had no medical support, and no first aid kit...not even a bandaid. They should really fix that as there were several participants over the age of 60 and it was quite hot. Other wise no complaints. Last updated: 2004-09-20 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 72/150
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 3/
Wendi and I were really nervous and were the first ones to the race. Got checked inand marked. was pitch black out. Luckily my aircompressor has a light on it and we used that to set up our transition areas. We both managed to eat something and not throw up.
Stretched, paced, jogged a little. Got my feet wet in the water to check out the water temp