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Comments: This is the first swim in a race where I actually felt like I was trying to swim well vs. just trying to "get through" the swim. It was nice once it thinned out a little and the clobbering stopped then I felt like I could focus on swimming instead of avoiding... but swimming is def still my weakness... What would you do differently?: I need to spend so much more time in the pool so I don't actually have to think about how to swim correctly and can just go out there and swim! Also need to figure out how to sight & swim in a straight line so I don't waste so much time zig-zagging.  Transition 1
Comments: Quoting a fellow BTer, this T1 was "glacial". You would think I stopped and had a margarita or something... Nutrition: 1 Gu. What would you do differently?: BE FASTER!!! maybe try gu on bike not in trans and wear a tri top & use race belt instead of putting on a shirt w/the number already on it.  Bike
Comments: Bike was fantasmal :) I love my new bike! Was FLYING by people on the downhills & straight parts and still passing folks on the climbs. I only got passed about 8 times but must have passed at least 100 people (if not more). Pedaling was good, gears great, no real snags on the bike. The roads were wet so I did slow down a lil extra on some turns but it wasn't too much of a hindrance. Nutrition: drank 1 bottle accelerade & did 1 gu What would you do differently?: Nothing really. P.S. They need to split up the T1 & bike times before I put in rankings for this. Got the T1 time from my watch. Transition 2
Comments: The whole shoes always stay on the bike thing worked out well. No socks w/the bike shoes... although they would have been nice because my feet were numb from the cold so running on the pavement down to T2 was kinda painful! Took till the first climb of the run for my feet to thaw out. Nutrition: 1 Gu What would you do differently?: Gu on the run w/the water stop right at the start, not in T2.  Run
Comments: Sooo... on that first climb, I got a little taste of "quads cramping on the run" that I have never experienced before. It really sucked cause by the 3rd hill it was really slowing me down on the uphills. I felt like my form held up well when my quads weren't cramping otherwise I felt like I was running with bricks instead of muscles. Tied my 10k PR :) Nutrition: 2.7 Gus - I think these helped with the cramping over time. What would you do differently?: Figure out why the quads cramped up and make sure that doesn't happen again! Some say it's cause I went "too hard" on the bike (exertion wasn't the max that I've put on that course before though) but I think it's cause my training wasn't intense enough (I guess that happens when you start training 7 weeks out from the race...) Post race
Warm down: I forgot the best part.. It was Chrissie Wellington who put my medal around my neck at the finish!!!! YAY!!!! She's awesome :) What limited your ability to perform faster: Not enough training (had pulled out of the race until 7 weeks ago when my ankle made a seriously miraculous recovery) Last updated: 2009-03-27 12:00 AM
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 2009-05-17 5:29 PM |
Extreme Veteran  484   Glen Burnie, MD |  Subject: Columbia Triathlon |
| 2009-05-17 6:06 PM in reply to: #2156306 |
Expert 745 Bethesda, MD/Northern NJ | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon Congrats Christy!! Great job  You are a mad woman on the bike and that run on those hills was fabulous! |
| 2009-05-17 6:40 PM in reply to: #2156306 |
Extreme Veteran 981 Maryland | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon Wow you really had a good race! Killer bike time, and a PR on the 10k! You really can't ask for much better than that. Congrats! For Gu in transition, you can just use electrical tape and tape some gels onto your bike top tube, right on top of each other. You just tape the tops, so you can tear them right off after another. Then skip the gel in transition, and just take one right out of T1. way to go! |
| 2009-05-17 8:35 PM in reply to: #2156437 |
Pro 4054 yep, | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon kalalau - 2009-05-17 7:40 PM Wow you really had a good race! Killer bike time, and a PR on the 10k! You really can't ask for much better than that. Congrats! For Gu in transition, you can just use electrical tape and tape some gels onto your bike top tube, right on top of each other. You just tape the tops, so you can tear them right off after another. Then skip the gel in transition, and just take one right out of T1. way to go!
Congrats on the great race! Pleausre helping you out in the beginning of the race. Now I'll have to get my bike on with ya so I can be a top 10 in my AG like you
Oh and X2 on the taping it orr you can put your gu's in your bike shorts. Feels a little weird but won't take up space in your back pockets. Edited by Dlaxman31 2009-05-17 8:35 PM |
| 2009-05-18 4:41 AM in reply to: #2156306 |
Expert 1743 Glen Burnie, Maryland | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon They were serving margaritas in the transition area? You really kicked some a@@. Way to get yourself ready and really put it all out on the course. I'm with CJ, I need to work on my bike so match up with you. I'm sorry we didn't meet up at the race but it was nice to meet you on Saturday. |
| 2009-05-18 7:13 AM in reply to: #2156306 |
Master 1524 Reston, VA | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon okay so a few points... first of all, awesome bike!!!!!! that is a really impressive time. what kind of bike did you get? i am in the market. 2.) (and i am only telling you this cause next year i will age up into the next division 3.) that is a really funny story about the body marking. my last minute emergency last year is watching my goggles break in my hand on the way into the water. fortunately, i was able to do a macgyver on them. nothing like a little last minute panic to start a race with, eh? AWESOME AWESOME JOB |
| 2009-05-18 7:40 AM in reply to: #2156306 |
Master 1524 Reston, VA | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon ...oh, and to get a 10k PR on THAT course at the end of a tri is just ridiculous!!! well done. |
| 2009-05-18 12:43 PM in reply to: #2156306 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon Nice job banana-licious! You really rocked it, especially considering your recent return from injury. Nice when you think about it from the perspective that two months ago you were expecting to be sidelined for this race. |
| 2009-05-18 12:43 PM in reply to: #2156306 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon Nice job banana-licious! You really rocked it, especially considering your recent return from injury. Nice when you think about it from the perspective that two months ago you were expecting to be sidelined for this race. Oh, and the went to hard vs. not trained enough is the same thing - they're relative to each other. In most circumstances (and especially on a cool wet day), dramps mean you went too hard given the training you'd done. See you on Eagleman. Quite sure you'll be passing me at some point on the bike, and if not there definitely on the run. You're welcome in advance for the pace booty in the seconds/minutes before that happens. Edited by JoshKaptur 2009-05-18 12:46 PM |
| 2009-05-18 1:51 PM in reply to: #2156306 |
Master 1678 Olney, MD | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon Great job out there! Way to kick butt on the bike course and push through the run with your cramping quads! I always shower on race mornings too. Not sure why. Just getting into dirty water anyway |
| 2009-05-18 3:04 PM in reply to: #2156306 |
Champion 11989 Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon I almost forgot body marking too. I walked down the sidewalk from the far side of parking instead of the middle of the road where the markers were. Nice race! |
| 2009-05-18 6:33 PM in reply to: #2156306 |
Veteran 186 Pasadena, Maryland | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon Very impressive race. Quite a bike time need to see what bike you have. I was having the same quad cramping and felt mine was do to poor race nutrition, never touched my gatorade in my downtube cage. So no electrolytes in my system. 10th in your AG wow. Look out Eagleman. |
| 2009-05-18 7:10 PM in reply to: #2156306 |
Regular 173 | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon I'm filing an official protest that I wasn't informed about the margaritas in T1. Fantastic job! |
| 2009-05-18 11:09 PM in reply to: #2156306 |
Master 1826 | Subject: RE: Columbia Triathlon Great job, and nice meeting ya saturday.. we will have to get some rides in once I can do it again |
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Overall Rank = 598/1569
Age Group = F 25-29
Age Group Rank = 10/71
Woke at 4:30, showered (gotta be clean to swim in the filthy pee-infested water), ate breakfast at 5. Left the house at 530 - got to the park and quickly scrambled down to the transition to find my baby all wrapped in plastic like I left her, phew :)
Nutrition: Breakfast was piece of big loaf-white toast with jam, 3-egg scramble (2 whites & 1 whole), half of a banana
Apparently I wasn't with it cause I had wetsuit on, watched the pros take of, then realized I forgot to get body marked! Luckily CJ knew where I was supposed to go so my warm up ended up being me running in flip-flops from the swim area all the way back past transition to get body marked then frantically running back down the swim start again! Yikes, close call (thank you MelissaE :))
Gu 30 mins out from start.