Shawnigan Lake Half Ironman
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Shawnigan Lake Half Ironman - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Swim
Comments: The cannon went and the first thing that popped into my head was "holy crap, I'm not ready". Got kicked alot, pushed around. Felt very out of it for first lap. Checked my watch as I finished the first lap, and made it my goal to negative split. Second lap I felt a bit better, but felt like that edge was missing. Didn't feel like I swam as hard as I could have. Was shocked when I got out of the water and they told me I was the 5th female. "5th out of the water" Transition 1
Comments: Felt a bit fumbly through transition. Had to sit down twice to get the job done. I was on a bit of a hill, and kept almost falling over. Bike
Transition 2
Comments: Was shocked at how good my legs felt coming off the bike. Heard Steve King announce me coming in, followed by, "She's 27 minutes behind the lead female...". Nice. Had Sara there to run with me for a tiny bit. She gave me the update on the girls ahead of me....only a few minutes at that point. It was like she knew EXACTLY what to tell me to get me going...that I was running stronger than them, and that they were only a few minutes ahead. Run
Post race
Warm down: Sat in the lake. Drank a recovery shake. Talk to Sara and hubby and in-laws. Hubby missed the finish cuz he was in the bathroom. I had told him on a good day, I might finish around 5:20. Lol. Stuck around for the awards, which was fun, cuz they made a pretty big deal out of it. Last updated: 2008-04-11 12:00 AM
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Flew in Friday after work. Felt tired and run down all week. Never really snapped out of it. Slept poorly the night before. Woke up at 4:15 feeling sick in my lungs, and achy all over. Went for a jog around the block for 10 min. Went potty. Ate 3 hardboiled eggs and ~10 almonds while we drove to the race site. Drank some water.
Got set up. Never quite felt mentally ready. Talked to Sara before. Was a bit worried about my knee holding up, but she put my mind at ease.
Swam for about 10 min, with a few sprints to warm up.