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Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon - Half Iron Distance - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: Keep swimming into and over people for the first 15 minutes. So I ended up swimming way to far to the outside of the buoys, and keep veering off course. Even with those problems I still almost made my goal time of 40 minutes. What would you do differently?: Need to practice sighting a lot more, and get more comfortable swimming in and around people. (Guess I am always afraid I will make hurt or bother someone by swimming into them)  Transition 1
Comments: I was in no rush out of the water, was just happy that I did it in the time I did :-) All went smoothly, but nothing rushed. What would you do differently?: Move a little faster next time, and take in some nutrition before getting on the bike.  Bike
Comments: The rain started not too long after I got on the bike, and it was a little heavy at times. All was going well until mile 42 when I got a flat. (my first flat EVER, and I have never changed one) Luckly I broke down to someone I knew and we both struggled to fix our flats. Someone from our tri group saw her, and stopped to help us, THANK GOD!! (he had his own flat earlier) Got up and running then had another flat 5 miles after. With no extra tube or CO2 I just rode the last 6 miles on the flat tire. What would you do differently?: Easy... LEARN HOW TO CHANGE A TIRE!! :-) Transition 2
Comments: Same as T1, and also took a quick bathroom stop. What would you do differently?: Same as T1, take in some nutrition before the run.  Run
Comments: My legs were shot from the bike. (think riding with the flat didn't help) I was really short of breath after running 5 minutes and my legs were already sore. After 10 minutes my breathing leveled off, and got some gatorade, water and a banana at the first stop and my legs felt MUCH better. (just continued to do the same at ALL the water stops) Even with everything I still meet my run goal. I actually matched the same 1/2 mary time I ran in January, WOW. What would you do differently?: Nutrition, nutrition, nutrition! I didn't fuel enough for this race, and I need to practice it A LOT more. I could really tell the difference every time I fueled up on the run. Post race
Warm down: Once I cooled down it looked like I rolled around in the sane, but I was actually covered in salt. Talked to family and friends and had some food from the BBQ. (best ever, bc I was STARVING) What limited your ability to perform faster: Nutrition, and little practice fixing a flat. Event comments: Worst thing was the start of the bike. They actually stopped people from starting so they could let the traffic go through. Didn't happen to me, but I would have been pissed if I had to wait out of T1. Also I really didn't like the condition for the roads we road on. With the fast moving traffic we were forced to ride on the rough should at times. Last updated: 2009-02-11 12:00 AM
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 2009-06-29 4:09 PM |
Member  108  Upstate NY |  Subject: Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon - Half Iron Distance |
| 2009-06-29 4:40 PM in reply to: #2251312 |
Expert 1557   Austin, TX | Subject: RE: Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon - Half Iron Distance WAY TO FINISH!! Sounds like a lot of stuff was going on in that race. Great swim time. Never heard of stopping bikes for the traffic (who planned that one!). Then two flats and the rain. It too takes me about 10min on the run to get the breathing back to normal and get into a groove. I am really impressed you have come so far in such a short time! Makes me wonder if I should stop slowly building up to one and just go for it! |
| 2009-06-29 5:36 PM in reply to: #2251312 |
| 80 | Subject: RE: Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon - Half Iron Distance Nice recovery to finish strong. I too got held up, by the time they let us go, 7-8 bikers had lined up ready to go. Of course clip in and start shifting and drop my chain, even more time lost. I approached some one on holding the bikes up and was told the town won't let them hold up traffic, they need to figure something out for sure. Lot of flat tires, wow. |
| 2009-06-30 12:36 AM in reply to: #2251312 |
Pro 5761 Bartlett, TN | Subject: RE: Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon - Half Iron Distance AWESOME JOB! Two flats one race is crazy! I cringe to think of changing a flat tire on a course, but great job pushing through it! I have since decided that next year I am stepping into the HIM, sounds like yours was alot of fun! |
| 2009-06-30 9:47 AM in reply to: #2251312 |
Extreme Veteran 599 Houston, TX | Subject: RE: Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon - Half Iron Distance Way to keep going after two flats. So glad to hear you were almost finished by the 2nd one. Sounds like the race director needs to get more organized to me...stopping traffic, being pushed to the shoulder with speedy traffic passing by...that would be a nightmare for me. You finished! What an accomplishment! |
| 2009-07-01 6:05 AM in reply to: #2251312 |
Member 108 Upstate NY | Subject: RE: Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon - Half Iron Distance Thanks everyone :-) Sooo sorry, I forgot to mention all of the good aspects of the race:
Great race for my first HIM!!! |
| 2009-07-01 12:47 PM in reply to: #2251312 |
Master 1471 Dunedin | Subject: RE: Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon - Half Iron Distance Way to stick it out through the flats. Kudos for riding on 6 miles on one! Glad you were able to learn a lot from your first HIM. Road conditions are a bear. I haven't heard of too many races that have close to perfect roads. Glad to hear you're geared up for August! You're right about nutrition, it IS key. Would you like me to send you some snippets from my sports nutrition book about pre-race nutrition? |
| 2009-07-05 5:14 AM in reply to: #2251312 |
Extreme Veteran 689 | Subject: RE: Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon - Half Iron Distance Nice, what an accomplishment! Nice job getting through everything, i can't believe you had 2 flats in one race! How do you feel? |
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Overall Rank = 422/506
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 45/47
Woke up 4:30, had some cereal, a bagel, water and a banana. Got packed and got to the race site at 6 am. (it had been raining all morning, but stopped around 6:15) Got setup and ready with plenty of time to relax and get ready.
None, just walking around getting ready.