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Three Sports Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: This was different. It was very fast which was nice since I'm not such a great swimmer. It was nice to get it out of the way quickly. I passed a few people and then it was open the rest of the way. I probably could have seeded myself a little faster. What would you do differently?: Resubmit a swim time closer to the race. I would really like to get faster so that I didn't have to wait so long to start. I was at the site at 6:00 but didn't really get started until almost 2.5 hours later! Transition 1
Comments: I felt that my first transition was pretty good. This was probably based primarily on the fact that a couple of guys were at the transition before me and they were still there after I left. That's a good boost of confidence. What would you do differently?: I need to work on getting onto the bike and going faster. Bike
Comments: Once again it was still a matter of catching my breath from the transition. Whew! Once I finally got into a good cadence I felt that I did pretty well and my pace was about as fast I can generally do at this point. There were more hills than I expected. What would you do differently?: Practice more swim/bike bricks. Transition 2
What would you do differently?: I should probably try to run without socks for this short distance. I know it slows me down in the transition. Run
Comments: Well ... not dead last like the last time! I didn't have any cramps until the very end either. I was pretty whooped starting out and my pace definitely suffered because of this. Once again more hills than expected. By the time I got to the turn around I was feeling pretty good again and started making up for my poor pace on the way out. What would you do differently?: More bricks would help I'm sure. Post race
Warm down: Uh... eat/drink/try to win prizes/eat/drink. Hung out with some folks from the Colonial Area Tri Club. What limited your ability to perform faster: I'm not fast. Haha! But I'm getting faster. Last updated: 2008-07-21 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 241/434
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 169/248
Stayed at a friends house in Richmond the night before and went to a Richmond Kickers Game. Not sure if my diet was ideal but I had a grilled chicken sandwich and a Reeses' Cup milkshake at Galaxy Diner.
Woke up at 5:30, ate a banana and half a bagel with peanut butter. Got to the site with plenty of time.
I did go for a very short jog and bike ride but I had to wait so long to swim this was probably not of much value!