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Question for any of you who have done a triathlon:  after you've racked your bike in the transition initially, can you go back and change the layout of your stuff or possibly wait until closer to your own race start to lay out your stuff?

My transition is open at 6 am and closes at 7.  My race probably will be around 9.  It may be raining.  Can I wait until 8:30 to lay out my gear if my bike is already racked?

If anyone has any thoughts, I'd love to hear...

I am back.  It went well.  I will have a race report up as soon as I can get the photos uploaded.

Hightlights:  WICKED FAST T2! and a 30 minute, 9 second 5k at the end.

Race report and photos are up.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=117043&posts=1&start=1

Your race report was great to read, thanks for posting it

I finally got mine done from the race last weekend. Hopefully this link well work for everyone

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=117103 

My race is over and I am thrilled!   I never tallied my total predicted time but I was faster on the bike and swim, and slower on the run (at least based on my unofficial times).  I was very happy with my performance.  I believe the link below will take you to my report.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=117170 

And now to go read some other race reports.

Caius,

Can you recommend any drills or workouts on the bike (other than just adding mileage) to improved speed?

wow there are some great race reports.

thanks to everyone for their positive comments , they really helped me  out a lot !

hope everyone has a great start to their week !!

It's so interesting to read all of your race reports, thanks for posting them everyone.

Ok another question for you...after I get done riding I have a lot of pain in my hips ( in the joint it feels sore, achy) . After the Triathlon it was really bad  and for most of last week I was in pain from it. Just wondering if this is just me getting used to using different muscles, bike fit, or what ??

Any advise is welcome

I need to do get some serious hill training in for the race in July, there is a steep one to go up on the first half...I guess I get to ride fast down it on the second half though   

You are all great, thanks!

Hip pain on the bike might just be time and volume, but this happened to a friend of mine who was sitting too high and was rocking back and forth in the saddle.

Not really sure though.

Gloria, I too have just started to experience slight pain in my hips.  I haven't done any research nor visited a physiotherapist, though I'm considering doing both.  What has helped me is to both stretch and strengthen my hips.  For stretching I've been doing a couple of yoga stretches:  one is called pigeon and one is a forward lunge.  I've also been rolling the side of each leg and each hip on my foam roller that I got a couple of years ago at the physiotherapist.

For strengthening, I've got an elastic type band and I am doing some abduction/adduction exercises - out & in to the side.

It might be a good idea to go to a physiotherapist for a couple of visits.  He/she would probably recommend stretching and strengthening exercises which would likely put you in better physical shape and also give you the confidence that you won't be experiencing pain every time you go out.

While writing this, I actually googled 'cycling & hip pain' and found an interesting link:  http://www.cptips.com/knee.htm.  There are many other sites which you could check out.

This is a good reminder to me to stretch and strengthen more, as well.

Good luck!

Tracy

Gloria, I too have just started to experience slight pain in my hips.  I haven't done any research nor visited a physiotherapist, though I'm considering doing both.  What has helped me is to both stretch and strengthen my hips.  For stretching I've been doing a couple of yoga stretches:  one is called pigeon and one is a forward lunge.  I've also been rolling the side of each leg and each hip on my foam roller that I got a couple of years ago at the physiotherapist.

For strengthening, I've got an elastic type band and I am doing some abduction/adduction exercises - out & in to the side.

It might be a good idea to go to a physiotherapist for a couple of visits.  He/she would probably recommend stretching and strengthening exercises which would likely put you in better physical shape and also give you the confidence that you won't be experiencing pain every time you go out.

While writing this, I actually googled 'cycling & hip pain' and found an interesting link:  http://www.cptips.com/knee.htm.  There are many other sites which you could check out.

This is a good reminder to me to stretch and strengthen more, as well.

Good luck!

Tracy

Great job! Holy swim times batman, can I have that pace? Awesome. I think you did fantastic on all three disciplines. Fantastic job!!!

My only constructive comment is to concentrate on your bike. Speed on the run comes from lots of running and TONS of time on the bike; not from doing running speedwork. The fresher you fill when you get off the bike, the faster you will be able to run.

Awesome. Awesome RR and I love the pics!

Congratulations! Great race report. I love the photos, especially the one of you holding up the bike. I'm sure that you must have been bursting with pride and rightfully so. Great job!