Vineman Showdown at Sundown
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Vineman Showdown at Sundown - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: I did a lot better sighting the bouys this time. I wasn't off in lala land. I started in the middle of the womens pack. The salt water threw me the first few breaths and I had to try really hard to breathe out of my mouth. I didn't realize I normally take in that much water - I guess I just got used to chlorine all those years. :) The breathing also helped calm my nerves since I had something to focus on. The current was helping carry us, so I had a pretty good swim. What would you do differently?: This time around, nothing. I stayed on course and was about in the middle of the pack. Not sure there's much else to calm my nerves in an OWS. Transition 1
Comments: The wetsuit came off a lot faster this time. I just have to give it a good yank when it gets caught on my ankles. This T1 felt faster than the last, but not sure. I still have the problem of feeling dizzy the first 10 minutes or so coming out of the swim. Bike
Comments: I felt much better with my gearing on the hills. Hmmm, maybe climbing mountains pays off. Still relatively slow on the bike, but getting faster. Transition 2
Comments: The dismount for the bike was at the top of the hill. The first couple of steps were a bit slipery and precarious, but made it down. What would you do differently?: I would have walked up the initial hill. I think I expended way too much energy climbing the hill and it took a while for my HR to come back down. Run
Comments: Well, seeing as I'm not supposed to run...of course I kind of followed the doc's advice. The run course was cone lined, so I ran 10 cones and walked two. Figured that all averaged out, right? What would you do differently?: Run? Post race
Warm down: Walked around a bit. Grabbed a smoothie and cookie from the refreshment tent. Then went to mexican food for dinner with Vera. What limited your ability to perform faster: Running the whole run portion. Event comments: The volunteers were great. It would have been nice if they had a refreshments tent open before and after the race, given the race time was 5pm. Last updated: 2008-04-16 12:00 AM
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Vineman
Sunny
Overall Rank = 172/211
Age Group = F 20-29
Age Group Rank = 26/29
I arrived around 2:30 and got my transition area set up. Then took a nap in the car until the race info meeting.
Wrestled on my wetsuit? Haha, I got in the water and swam about 100 yards before the group start.