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 Swim
Comments: My goal going into the race for the swim portion was to 1) finish and 2) be somewhere around 30 min. Accomplished both so that was good; however I have a lot of room for improvement. My sighting was horrible. A few times I went way off course. I was super nervous for the first 200 yds or so and even did some breaststroke. Luckily, I was able to calm myself down and get into a rhythym. In the pool I always say 1-1, 1-1, 1-1 for the first length of the first lap, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, for the second length and so on. I actually started saying 1-1 to myself and that really worked to calm me down. What would you do differently?: I just gotta spend more time swimming and get in the lakes more. I have tons of room for improvement so I am looking forward on working on the swimming!  Transition 1
Comments: I liked how my transition area was set up. I feel like I got my wet suit off in a decent amount of time. I had to sit down to get my legs out of the wet suit. Not sure if that's normal or not. It worked for me I guess. What would you do differently?: Nothing really.  Bike
Comments: The bike portion was great. I was just having a blast. My goal for the bike was to be higher than 19 mph. My fastest training pace so far has been 18.7 mph so I felt like that was a good attainable goal. Woot, now I can aim for 20 mph! The only distraction I had was wiping drool off my face every once in awhile when some really nice looking bikes went by. They put my low end road bike with no aero bars to shame. What would you do differently?: I probably should have drank a little more water; however my stomach felt really full. Transition 2
 Run
Comments: It didn't take long for my legs to get going. The run was crowded until the sprint course people turned around, but just like the bike I didn't feel like I was ever boxed in or not able to pass. A few of the water stops ran out of water and all they had was hammer heed. I'm not a big fan of heed, oh well. What would you do differently?: Not much. Post race
Warm down: Nothing. I ate the pulled pork barbeque sandwiches they had for racers and listened to the awards ceremony. Event comments: For my first triathlon this race was great! I like the feel of "bigger" events and races and this is definitely on the larger side. Last updated: 2008-04-25 12:00 AM
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 2008-06-02 1:21 PM |
Member  269   Minneapolis, MN |  Subject: Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Distance |
| 2008-06-02 1:26 PM in reply to: #1438888 |
Pro 4675  Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Distance congrats on your first tri and excellent AG placing. You picked a good race for your first - this was my 3rd Buffalo and I'll keep going back. nice job! |
| 2008-06-02 1:37 PM in reply to: #1438888 |
Champion 5781 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Distance Really great job, Sarah...esp. the swim given your relatively limited OWS prep! It's clear you were really ready for this race! Very excited to see how your upcoming races go for you.  |
| 2008-06-02 2:39 PM in reply to: #1438888 |
| Expert 638 | Subject: RE: Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Distance Your "low-end road bike" obviously didn't hurt your bike speed -- almost 20 mph is great! Nice job! I'm very sorry I missed BBQ sandwiches. I need to get my wife racing with me so I can stick around for the festivities one of these times. |
| 2008-06-02 2:41 PM in reply to: #1438888 |
| New user 26 | Subject: RE: Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Distance great 1st race! congrats and nice speed on the bike! it will only get better...props to you on your swim and doing the long course for your 1st ever...clearly you prepared yourself for this! well done! |
| 2008-06-02 2:58 PM in reply to: #1438888 |
Veteran 245 Eden Prairie, MN | Subject: RE: Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Distance Great job on your first tri! It's impressive taking on an olympic distance for a first tri and placing so well in your age group. Way to go! |
| 2008-06-02 3:12 PM in reply to: #1438888 |
Master 2346 Dayton, Minnesota Bronze member | Subject: RE: Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Distance This was your first race, right? Wow, fantastic job!!! Congratulations! Yes, this is definitely one of the bigger races around. It's really well run though, so it goes very smoothly. I've done this race all 5 years it's existed. I think the first year they capped the entries at 300. Now it's up to 1500! |
| 2008-06-02 5:08 PM in reply to: #1438888 |
Elite 3072 san francisco | Subject: RE: Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Distance Great Job Sarah, You were so ready for this race! You nailed the swim and I can only imagine that it will get better still with more races under your belt. Props to you on your first tri...OLY at that! |
| 2008-06-02 5:13 PM in reply to: #1438888 |
Pro 4541 A farming town in MN | Subject: RE: Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Distance Wow! Awesome 1st race Sarah...you had NOTHING to worry about! O.K....you know you're a triathlete when you drool over the bikes and not the riders... Congrats on a great race... |
| 2008-06-03 7:17 AM in reply to: #1438888 |
Expert 743 Minnesota | Subject: RE: Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Distance |
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Age Group = 20-29
Age Group Rank = 9/23
Woke up around 5:15 and left the house around 5:45. Ate a bagel and cream cheese and had some gatorade on the drive. It was only a 50 minute drive to Buffalo so I was there nice and early to set up my transition area. I asked a few people around me some general questions and looked at how others had set up their transition areas. Everything went pretty smoothly. Ran into mndiver and we chatted a bit (not sure if he could tell how nervous I was!)
Just rode the bike for 5 or 10 minutes. Made sure everything seemed to be working and made sure I was in the right gear because there was a little hill out of transition.