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Comments: Swim start was kind of cool. Everyone lined up by race number and every 3-5 seconds, someone ran in the water and started swimming. Beautiful and clear lake. Traffic stayed fairly light even though the Olympic swimmers started first and were starting another lap while I was swimming. I didn't have any problem with panic or breathing, but I did have some trouble sighting and I swam more of a zig zag than a straight line. What would you do differently?: Practice-practice-practice! Drills-form-endurance-OWS - practice it all more!  Transition 1
Comments: Long run from lake to T1 - So long that the split the transition into Run time (2:04) and T1 time (3:54) Took my time in T1. Sat down, made sure my feet were nice and dry and got my stuff together. Much better organized than last race. Disappointed in my time - I was really lots slower here than I expected to be. Really need to focus on this next race. What would you do differently?: Move my butt!  Bike
Comments: Great bike for me. When I finished the first loop, I knew I was going to be able to PR this bike course. Last race was a PR for me at 16mph. I was at 16.5 for the first loop and ended up over 17. No question I went too hard on the bike and didn't have enough left for the run. I passed a couple people early on and several more on the other laps. Since the Olympic riders had 5 laps, I got passed quite a bit also, but we won't talk about that.... I passed a few myself! ;) I tried to drink as much as I could, but I'm just about sick of Gatorade and I couldn't stomach more than ~10 oz. Only drank ~6 oz water. The funny thing is that I thought about taking a gel which would have helped, but I didn't want to slow down to get one. That's not very smart. What would you do differently?: NEED TO DRINK!!! Transition 2
Comments: Walked my bike in and sucked down a gel trying to make up for my lack of nutrition on the bike. Uneventful. What would you do differently?: Nothing  Run
Comments: I did take the time to drink both Gatorade and water on the run course. I'd take two cups of water, drink from one and dump the other over my head. Legs were stiff and unresponsive out of transition. Really struggled through the first mile. Finally got a song in my head that helped make the legs move a little easier. (Uncle Kracker - Follow Me) The last mile was not so bad, but the whole run felt like it went on forever! I think having the Garmin set to show me splits every half mile helps keep me focused and motivated to move. It made a difference not having it today. (That's my story and I'm sticking with it!) What would you do differently?: I just don't know. Post race
Warm down: Drank a couple bottles of water. Had some grapes and a banana. Stretched ALOT. Cooled down and had a burger and a bagel. I was starving! What limited your ability to perform faster: Me. But I'm getting better. :) Event comments: Very scenic and fun race. I've been hearing about this race for a couple of years and was happy to finally be able to do it. Last updated: 2008-02-04 12:00 AM
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 2008-07-20 6:48 PM |
Master  1397    Granvile, Ohio |  Subject: Columbus International Triathlon - Sprint Distance |
| 2008-07-21 9:37 AM in reply to: #1543864 |
Expert 1135 Delano, MN | Subject: RE: Columbus International Triathlon - Sprint Distance You had an incredible race! I am so proud of you. Yes work on the nutrition on the bike. That is the point where you get fueled for the run. It is easy to not know how much water you are losing on the bike since there is a fair amount of evaporation going on. Also remember that the gel takes about 20 minutes to "kick in". When you are out on a ride practice grabbing your bottle (and taking small sips) as well as pounding a gel down half way thorugh. You'll be surprised at how easy that gets. Once again I am very proud of you! Great job! |
| 2008-07-21 12:56 PM in reply to: #1543864 |
Expert 717 Washington Court House, Ohio | Subject: RE: Columbus International Triathlon - Sprint Distance |
| 2008-07-21 1:02 PM in reply to: #1543864 |
Master 2014 Ohio | Subject: RE: Columbus International Triathlon - Sprint Distance Nice race. As posted above, make sure you get that jell down. Batter to slow a bit on the bike and bet it down than bonk on the run. Nice job. David |
| 2008-07-22 11:05 AM in reply to: #1543864 |
Expert 783 Spokane, Washington | Subject: RE: Columbus International Triathlon - Sprint Distance NIIIICE job! What a great bike split! Keep working on the nutrition part and the run will go better, but even with the heavy legs and neverending run course your pace stayed good! Great race! |
| 2008-07-25 9:32 PM in reply to: #1543864 |
Pro 4541 A farming town in MN | Subject: RE: Columbus International Triathlon - Sprint Distance Tammy, great race! Way to PR on the bike... I'm sure if you hold back a little on the bike and get some nutrition, you'll have a great run in your next tri! |
| 2008-07-25 10:53 PM in reply to: #1543864 |
Elite 2661 DC Metro, slowly working my way to NC | Subject: RE: Columbus International Triathlon - Sprint Distance Great job, especially on the bike! Well done! |
| 2008-07-26 9:26 AM in reply to: #1543864 |
Expert 931 Smyrna, GA | Subject: RE: Columbus International Triathlon - Sprint Distance Nice job, Tam!! That's a super fast bike split, and your overall time is really great. Sounds like you had fun out there  |
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Got up 3:15. Ate 1/2 english muffin, nat. pb, banana. Picked up packet, set up transition. Went through my checklist. Still forgot my Garmin. duh.
Some stretching and a little swimming.