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Gulf Coast Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Swim
Comments: UGH!! This was hard, I've never done an ocean water swim this hard before. The curent was pretty strong, and there were some huge waves (IMO). I fell as soon as the first wave hit me, it just knocked me backwards...then it took me a while to get past the breakers, my goggles kept filling with the salt water, which was annoying...finally got past that, then my spotting was just horrible...couldn't see the buoys so ended up spotting/breast stroking a lot just to see where I was going...then I kept going off course, I think it bowed outward, and I was going straight...so it was a constant zigzag, both out and back...when we were pretty far out, I felt stinging sensations on my face, and my leg...and spotted a jellyfish, but it didn't hurt that much...the most annoying thing was just that I couldn't spot anything...oh well...it was a good learning experience... What would you do differently?: Spot better, and learn to dive under the breakers...gotta practice before ironman! On a really sad note, a triathlete names Patrick Kane died on the swim - just really sad, he had kids and a wife who were at the race...my best to his family:( Transition 1
Comments: Great transition, everything went perfectly. I was 28 in age group for T1, gotta love that one, usually I'm the slowest...very cool:) What would you do differently?: Nothing, a great T1 Bike
Comments: The first part of the bike, I really enjoyed. I'd checked the weather report the night before, and knew when way the wind was coming from (SW) so I decided to absolutely crank it going North and East, and just do the best I could going South and West...and it worked! The first 3 miles or so were with the wind - as I was getting my legs back from the swim...then we turned into the wind, so I fought that until we turned North, then it was another tailwind, so I went into a harder gear and cranked it...over a pretty decent size bridge but I felt great on the bridge (thanks to all the spin classes I've been doing)...then we turned onto the long 2-lane road going east - an even stronger tailwind, and I hammered it at 20mph almost the whole way...I'd had such a hard week this past week, and I just had a huge grin on my face as I cranked it - just felt so strong (a very good feeling!!)...I loved that part of the bike, I took in lots of water, ate a Clif bar, had some clif blocks, felt like I had perfect nutrition...just was really enjoying myself...then I did the VERY SHARP (had to put my foot down it was so sharp) U-turn...avg was 18.3 at the U-turn...then the wall of wind hit me...for the next 15+ miles, it was all headwind, which was tough...but I just did it...counted down the miles, and realized that I wasn't feeling half bad...felt great coming back into the transition - on the longest bike ride I've ever done in my life!! What would you do differently?: Nothing, I think that I handled this bike perfectly...I enjoyed myself, I took in food and water, my stomach felt great, was in a good mindset...I hope it is like this for Ironman!! Transition 2
Comments: Great again! Went so smoothly, am thrilled... What would you do differently?: Forgot to take the Garmin off the bike before the dismount, so spent a few seconds getting that off in transition - other than that...nothing! Run
Comments: In my mind when I started running, I was thinking of all of these excuses to walk - but truthfully, I just wasn't feeling bad at all...so, I ran straight the first 2 miles...then walked ONLY the aid stations until mile 10...I even had people follow me, cause I was keeping a good pace...at mile 10, I started to get tired, took lots of cold sponges, and ice to crunch on, and a few bananas...nutrition again felt perfect...then I would take a break every 1/2 mile, walk for .1 miles, then keep running...the only annoying thing is that my Garmin was spot on with the mile markers for the entire race through mile 12...BUT, the last 1.1miles was actually like 1.4 miles...it was just crazy long (of course they have to make the last mile long - ugh!)...so, on my Garmin, I had 11:41min/mile...but here it says 12...ONLY because the last mile was long... What would you do differently?: Honestly, for me this was amazing, I felt so strong...I can't even describe...in November, when I started the marathon training plan, I couldn't even run 2 miles straight without stopping to walk...Matt told me to shoot for 12min/mile, but I never thought I could hold it for 13 miles...am excited to see if I can do the same for Ironman...wouldn't change a thing...it was so AWESOME!! Post race
Warm down: Matt thought I'd be a lot slower so I didn't see him when I was finishing, so I spent about 30 minutes trying to find him...eventually I did, we grabbed some pizza, took a shower, absolutely crashed in bed for a few hours, then got some dinner... What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing - I did my absolute best, and exceeded all my expectations! My goal was 7 hours, and I didn't think I'd make that...but I bested it by 15 minutes - very cool:) Event comments: A great race, wonderful introduction to the longer distances! Last updated: 2007-12-12 12:00 AM
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Gulf Coast Triathlon
85F / 29C
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Overall Rank = 1029/1312
Age Group = W30-34
Age Group Rank = 48/67
Eat breakfast cookie, walk to the start, set up stuff. It was nice to be so close cause I didn't have to rush...
Ummm, none...moved my arms a little I guess...too long of a race to warm up for...