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Comments: I blew this completely. From the start I could not relax and breath. I panicked and just flipped over onto my back for almost the complete swim. I was not at all mentally prepared and I blew it. I was doing the backstroke thinking this sport is not for me, why am I doing this? If anything I did right, I swam reasonably straight despite not being able to sight breath. I was last in my wave out of the water and was passed by many in later waves. What would you do differently?: Warm up in the water.  Transition 1
Comments: This transition went reasonably well, but obviously should get better  Bike
Comments: I could not get into my big chain ring. There were many places where I was spinning at 23-24 mph at a cadence over 100 but had no where to go with gearing. With the wind, however there were some sections where it did not matter because I couldn't go over 18 anyway. Overall, I was passed by one but passed many. What would you do differently?: Have my bike tuned up and run through the gears before I rack the bike (I did not really warm up my bike) Transition 2
Comments: My soles of my shoes kept folding up under my wet feet as I inserted them. What would you do differently?: Get fast ties or glue down insoles  Run
Comments: Run went well. Legs felt dead for first half mile. I passed a few ~ maybe six, got passed by one young guy. I probably did not really put it all out there, but kind of was dejected by the terrible swim and gear issue on bike. What would you do differently?: Prepare by doing some bricks. Post race
Event comments: The race director did an excellent job. Wish the results provided more than just finish time so that I could gage my progress. Last updated: 2008-06-06 12:00 AM
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 2008-06-08 7:51 AM |
 Fishers, IN |  Subject: Lafayette Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon |
| 2008-06-08 8:24 AM in reply to: #1452170 |
Extreme Veteran  536  Russiaville, IN | Subject: RE: Lafayette Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon Greg, that was a great result, after that swim you must have really kick some butt, 1st in your age group and 25th overall, that's just plain awesome. Those were some rough conditions way to battle through everything. Ron |
| 2008-06-08 3:17 PM in reply to: #1452170 |
Master 1222  Lafayette, IN | Subject: RE: Lafayette Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon Greg, Nice job! You may not have been happy with your gearing, but you still had a strong ride, especially considering the conditions! |
| 2008-06-09 7:31 AM in reply to: #1452170 |
Expert 717 Washington Court House, Ohio | Subject: RE: Lafayette Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon Hey Greg I think this is a pretty good first race. If you have the split times add them so we can see how you did at each event. Tough swim, but you finished it and the next one will go much better. I read through all the talk on our mentor group first and thought you would have done worse than this given you feelings about the mistakes. Best thing to do to fix that is enter another race and do better If you have trouble shifting on the chain rings again (if ever), remember that most of the time one can just reach done and use ones hand to assist the derailleur. I need to remind myself of the same thing, because I could not get done to my small chain ring for a short hill climb in my race. Had I acted quickly I could have used my had to assist and climbed a bit fast (with less stress to the legs). Good race!
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. All in all though this was a good race.| 2008-06-09 12:49 PM in reply to: #1452516 |
| Fishers, IN | Subject: RE: Lafayette Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon It was really nice meeting you at the race. My race report might have sounded a little worse than how I really felt afterwards. I survived the swim. Next time I hope I will handle the swim a little better. I did conquer the fear that had kept me away from a sport that I have wanted to compete in for a long time. I did have a great time and am so glad I took your advice regarding this one as being a great first race. The athletes were really nice/helpful. I was tired afterwards, but really felt like I had accomplished a lot. |
| 2008-06-09 12:51 PM in reply to: #1452516 |
| Fishers, IN | Subject: RE: Lafayette Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon The gearing hurt me some, where I would have opened it up a bit more, but with the wind and such, it could have been much worse. There were a lot of places where I did not need anything more than I had. |
| 2008-06-09 12:58 PM in reply to: #1452186 |
| Fishers, IN | Subject: RE: Lafayette Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon Thanks, you did great too. By the way, looks like you ran a great Boston (sub 3hrs). You do that on that course, and you are a stud! I can probably learn a lot from you, since I am coming from more of a running background and moving into this sport. Though my swimming right now kind of makes it kind of obsurd to think about it, but I also hope to move onto the big distance some day. Greg |
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Precipitation
Overall Rank = 25/121
Age Group = 45-50
Age Group Rank = 1/5
Got there early tried to figure everything out. Plenty of time. Only hitch was the tip of a big storm was catching us so we prepared to be delayed and then had to quickly jump into our wet suits because they decided to go ahead and set us off on time.
Didn't really do any, though I think this was a mistake. I am uncomfortable with the swim so I should have spent some time in the water getting warmed up and focus on good long strokes and relaxation. Combine excitement with lots of people and it is hard to relax/breath.