Patriot's Sprint Triathlon
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Comments: Swim was 2 waves. boys then girls. I just stayed on the inside and followed everyone in front of me. At one point the sun glare was very bad and I just followed the bubbles in front of me. I passed some guys and felt good throughout the whole swim. After last weeks tragedy at NJ State, I was careful around other swimmers and gave people lots of room who wanted to pass or whom I was passing. Not a lot of support in the water. What would you do differently?: Nothing really. Transition 1
Comments: Had trouble gettin suit off - and I forgot to gear down on my bike. Took a while to get up to speed. I had a nice end spot with nobody to the side of me. It was nice not to be so squished in all over and I got to hang my wetsuit on the rack so it wasn't all wet after the race. What would you do differently?: Remember to put my bike in the right gear before I rack it. More body glide on the ankles. Bike
Comments: I had to stand for 1 hill but it actually felt nice to stand. I was leapfrogging with one other woman for a while - I'd pass her going up and she'd pass me going down. Then she dropped me with a few miles to go. What would you do differently?: Keep focused more. During the last 5 or so minutes my mind was wandering about too much. Wondering where I was, trying to figure out what to do for our 5 yr. anniversary, how tired Im gonna be at the Police concert tonight, etc, etc...Stay focused. Transition 2
Comments: OUCH!!Bad foot cramp and I had to sit and massage it out. What would you do differently?: Not cramp up. Practice getting out of shoes while the bikes still rolling. Run
Comments: I think it was a flat 3 miles. The first mile was down, the last one was obviously up. Not a fun 3rd mile. Got passed by one girl in my AG on the run but I just couldn't keep up. She wound up getting 2nd in AG and I was 3rd. What would you do differently?: Catch #2 girlie! Post race
Warm down: Drank some water and coke, waited with Bill for Al to finish. Event comments: I'd give it a 5 but there were no shirts for people who registered the day of. I realize that this is probably only a handful of races where you actually can register the day of but for $100, a shirt would be nice. I was excited to get 3rd in AG - one girl in my AG won 2nd OA so my #4 finish got me 3rd. Yippee :) Last updated: 2008-08-02 12:00 AM
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2008-08-03 7:06 PM in reply to: #1578791 |
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United States
Piranha Sports
75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 72/170
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 4/9
Sat. our plans changed so I decided to race - glad I did. At home, I reviewed the list of things I forgot last week and did much better at
remembering all my stuff.
Stretched a wee little bit.