Greenwood Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon
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Greenwood Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: I knew this was going to be a good swim for me. I felt great in the water, stuck to my 3 stroke breathing and hit all my flip turns. I passed a guy in the water. And ended up with over a lap between us! Never hit any distress and felt like I pushed the right amount. A good start to the race! What would you do differently?: Nothing Transition 1
Comments: T1 is lumped in with the bike split. What would you do differently?: Get used to racing sockless and ask for warmer weather:) Bike
Comments: I felt slow on the bike. It was just quite cold and windy I felt like I never got comfortable and in the zone. It was one of those days when it hurt to go fast because the air was so cold against me. Not a bad time, just didn't feel as good as normal. What would you do differently?: I still don't think I'd want to pull on extra clothes. I thought it about it, but I'm not sure if I would have gotten any benefit. Transition 2
Comments: T2 I think is lumped in with the run. But my T2 was very slow cuz I couldn't get my helmet unsnapped because of the old frozen "lobster-claw" hands. So maybe both transitions are lumped in with the bike. Not sure, doesn't matter, everyone raced in the same weather :) What would you do differently?: Order warmer weather. Run
Comments: If T2 was lumped in with the run, this might possibly be a PR for me on a 5K. Besides being numb, this was an awesome run for me. I'm tinkled pink. I had good foot turnover and felt really good during the majority of the run. I beat my run split from last year by 22 seconds! What would you do differently?: The hills come at the end of this course. I would push harder after cresting them, because the finish line is so close. Post race
Warm down: ABout a half mile of easy jogging then I got a massage (my hip felt a tad achy :( ) and showered and changed into warm clothes:) What limited your ability to perform faster: I believe the weather was the major player in my slower time from last year. I think had weather conditions been identical, this would have been a PR race for me. I felt that good! Event comments: Keep in mind, my overall placement is against Men AND Women. I won First Place Overall Female(for the second year :) )!!! This is a small race, but I love it. It is the one that started it all for me back in 2004. I always try to race it every year because it was my very first triathlon. I am so happy about the improvements in my run. And I know as the season progresses I will get faster and faster. Very pleased with my performance considering the weather and the fact that this was a tiring week for me. I'm a very happy. Today is my daughter's 7th birthday. The whole time on the run course I was thinking that this year was so much more fun than seven years ago and a lot less painful;) Last updated: 2008-03-25 12:00 AM
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Greenwood Family YMCA
46F / 8C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 19/103
Age Group = F 35-39
Age Group Rank = 1/21
Drank two cups of coffee and ate a clif bar then drove an hour to the race site.
500 free in the pool, followed by a gel and water, then one more 50 before I had to get out and freeze listening to the pre-race meeting.