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Comments: I spent about 2 minutes helping a racer in trouble. I would have felt horribly if I found out later she'd had serious problems before a kayak reached her and I wouldn't change a thing. Finally settled in and got comfortable at about the half-way point. What would you do differently?: More OWS practice.  Transition 1
Comments: This is where my day took a wrong turn. Unnoticed by me my timing chip stayed in my wetsuit and went unnoticed until I was out on the run. Other than that I was quite happy about how this went. What would you do differently?: Check for my timing chip when putting on socks/shoes. Oh, well, next time.  Bike
Comments: No official split or ranking due to the missing timing chip. Felt great on the flats and downhills but legs didn't want to push for the uphill. Asthma was also a problem. Ate 1 Gu. Transition 2
Comments: This went well, shoes on grabbed cap with inhaler, racebelt and Gu inside. Off and running. Battled breathing most of the run. I think this is where any nerves and excitement showed itself.  Run
Comments: This is where I really need to work. Just didn't have much left in me and I think that once I realized that my chip was missing a bit of my spirit was gone. What would you do differently?: I need to run more. And ride more. Post race
Warm down: Walked around, got food, found my chip and turned it in. What limited your ability to perform faster: Fitness level. It will get better. Event comments: I'm very excited to finally be able to call myself a triathlete. It is one of the best things I've ever done for myself and I can't wait to do my next one! Last updated: 2009-03-25 12:00 AM
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 2009-06-28 3:55 PM |
 Lafayette, CO |  Subject: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver |
| 2009-06-28 3:58 PM in reply to: #2248573 |
| Lafayette, CO | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver I should mention that my rankings are based on my watch time versus the results website. Not official but solid MOP and that makes me happy. |
| 2009-06-28 4:47 PM in reply to: #2248573 |
Expert  966   Decatur | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver great job!! but why was your timing chip in your wetsuit? i'm assuming when you ripped it off your chip came off too right? |
| 2009-06-28 4:53 PM in reply to: #2248573 |
Expert 943 Highlands Ranch, CO | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver Congratulations on completing your first tri! It was very nice of you to help one of the racers struggling in the water. I also competed in this race and noticed many women hanging on the kayaks. Kathleen |
| 2009-06-28 5:09 PM in reply to: #2248643 |
| Lafayette, CO | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver latrina - 2009-06-28 3:47 PM great job!! but why was your timing chip in your wetsuit? i'm assuming when you ripped it off your chip came off too right? Yes, my chip was on my ankle inside the leg of the wetsuit so I guess when I pulled off the wetsuit the chip and strap came with it. Kathleen, I expected to see many on kayaks but this woman was barely keeping her mouth/nose above water while waiting for a kayak to assist her. I just couldn't swim by without assisting as she had been at least 2 waves in front of me and we were only about a quarter of the way into the swim so it was obvious she was having lots of trouble. Edited by COSkiGirl 2009-06-28 5:10 PM |
| 2009-06-28 6:13 PM in reply to: #2248573 |
Expert 977 Huntington Beach | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver Congrats! Way to stay positive despite the chip problem. |
| 2009-06-28 7:21 PM in reply to: #2248573 |
Regular 65 | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver |
| 2009-06-28 8:38 PM in reply to: #2248573 |
| Lafayette, CO | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver Yes, let's definitely get together. The next couple of weeks are dicey for me but we'll figure it out. You should have my cell right? |
| 2009-06-29 7:34 AM in reply to: #2248573 |
Expert 1075 Champaign Area, IL | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver CONGRATS on your race.....glad to hear it was an enjoyable time for you even though you had that timing chip thing....you are a TRIATHLETE now |
| 2009-06-29 1:00 PM in reply to: #2248573 |
Master 1651 Breckenridge, CO | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver Big congrats on finishing your first tri! Glad to see that you're excited to do more racing too. |
| 2009-06-29 1:03 PM in reply to: #2248573 |
Master 1563 Chicago | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!!!! Good job out there yesterday...everything else will fall into place with practice!!
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| 2009-06-29 9:47 PM in reply to: #2250590 |
| Lafayette, CO | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Denver Thanks everyone! It really was a fantastic day overall. So I see that I got distracted talking about the song I heard. It was quite symbolic for me. Here's a video I did to it of my day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwWZocAbkqE |
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Danskin Women's Triathlon Series
65F / 18C
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Overall Rank = 495/1062
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 96/146
Got up early, ate, got dressed and headed out the door. Felt good. Very good. No nerves just pure excitement. Driving over I heard a song by Miley Cyrus (thanks to Shazam otherwise I wouldn't have known it).
Rode from the parking area to the race site. No swim warm up allowed but I did get in the water a bit.