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Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: I felt horrible for pretty much the entire swim. I actually had trouble breathing for the first 100m. They put a swimmer in the water approximately every 5 seconds. This amounted to an almost half hour wait before my start. I actually had time to have an engaging chat with the gal in line behind me. Making friends on the pool deck. That's how I roll! Anyhow, I think the longer I stood around waiting to get in the pool the more nervous I got. First 100m tried to catch my breath. 200m I thought to myself, "Triathlon is stupid. Why in the world did I sign up for this. Never doing one of these again!" Then I managed to get my wits back about me and things were a little better for the rest of the swim. What would you do differently?: Breathe! Relax!  Transition 1
Comments: It was a long run from the pool, out of the building, through the parking lot, and finally to where my bike was racked. I had tiny pieces of asphalt stuck to my feet so I spent a little extra time cleaning up before putting on shoes and socks.  Bike
Comments: It really wasn't very warm out today. I decided to go without my jacket and I was pretty chilly for the first part of the ride. I had a good ride - turns out I'm not so slow on the bike when I don't have to stop for stop lights and traffic! I did a little bike shopping on the route, making note of all the cool bikes the speedsters that were passing me were riding. What would you do differently?: I definately need to spend more time in the saddle...and a new bike. Cause new bikes are faster than old bikes! Transition 2
Comments: I don't have clipless pedals. I was riding in my running shoes. So T2 was just getting my bike racked, helmet off, and finding my way back out of the transition area  Run
Comments: Took awhile to get my legs but I was nice and warmed up. I just followed the dude in front of me and chugged along to the finish. Nice downhill at the end of the course so I got a little help from gravity in terms of kicking it into a higher gear for the big finish. Post race
Warm down: Jogged/walked until the heart rate returned to normal then it was straight for the grub! Event comments: The event was well run - tons of volunteers pointing the way and directing traffic. I'll definitely be doing this race again next year! Last updated: 2008-01-17 12:00 AM
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 2008-04-20 7:07 PM |
Master  1817    Lafayette, IN |  Subject: Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon |
| 2008-04-20 7:33 PM in reply to: #1350197 |
Veteran 271 Greensboro,NC | Subject: RE: Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon Congrats on great race-fun race report to read. Top 10 in your age group is awesome for your first race. John |
| 2008-04-20 7:37 PM in reply to: #1350197 |
Master 1639 Robbinsville NJ | Subject: RE: Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon Great job Emily completing your 1st Tri! You did awesome getting through that 1st swim. |
| 2008-04-20 8:08 PM in reply to: #1350197 |
Royal(PITA) 14270  West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon Terrific job on your first tri! |
| 2008-04-21 7:31 AM in reply to: #1350197 |
Member 49 Indianapolis, Indiana | Subject: RE: Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon Great job!!! I felt the same way in the swim and I have been doing tris for several years. Maybe we had to much time to think waiting in line. It was my first tri in a pool. May not do that again. But I thought the overall atmosphere was great!!! Keep in touch |
| 2008-04-21 8:14 AM in reply to: #1350197 |
Regular 56 Lafayette Indiana | Subject: RE: Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon Good job Emily, You were so focused on your bike. I hollard (sp) at you at the top of my lungs but you were focused. I guess we are officially Triathletes now. How weird is that. |
| 2008-04-21 10:16 AM in reply to: #1350197 |
| Davenport, IA | Subject: RE: Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon Congrats on a good race. That definitely was a long wait for the swim start. I was glad that there was only one collision, that I saw at least, in the pool. And you could definitely do some bike shopping out there, I saw several bikes that just made me drool. Edited by Sprint_DA 2008-04-21 10:18 AM |
| 2008-04-21 10:39 AM in reply to: #1350197 |
Extreme Veteran 503 Lapel | Subject: RE: Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon Congrats on your race and a top 10 finish! WTG! "Triathlon is stupid. Why in the world did I sign up for this. Never doing one of these again!" Ha ha! I've said this in my head several times, yet I keep signing up for more! hope the rest of your season goes well |
| 2008-04-21 1:58 PM in reply to: #1350197 |
Extreme Veteran 482 | Subject: RE: Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon Great job Emily!! Even on that old bike you kicked it in!! It was really nice to see you at the race and if you ever want to go on a ride or something, give us a call!! |
| 2008-04-23 8:21 AM in reply to: #1350197 |
Expert 1117 Shalimar, FL | Subject: RE: Splash, Flash & Dash Sprint Triathlon Congrats!! Great job gutting it through the swim.  |
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Overall Rank = 285/450
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 10/25
Up at 5:30 for a little breakfast - PB on wheat and a banana, of course. Got to Carmel HS around 7:30. Set up my transition area then waited around for what seemed like FOREVER for the event to actually start.
Quick jog to get the heart pumping and to wake up the brain. Ended up being a fairly useless warmup. It was almost an hour before I actually got to start my swim.