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Comments: I'm still awfully slow on the swim, but last year I did this swim in 20:02, so I cut off almost 3 minutes. I didn't walk any of it, unlike many people, because I knew it would kill my legs. What would you do differently?: swim faster?  Transition 1
Comments: Hate the wetsuit- I am always fighting with it at T1. What would you do differently?: New wetsuit?  Bike
Comments: This felt really hard for the first few miles- lots of steady uphill. I went back and forth with a couple ladies from my AG. I finally pulled ahead of most of them after the second turn, and started to feel more lively. I still can't push up hills well- I get passed on the uphill, then pass on the flat. On the other hand, last year I averaged 15.7 MPH on this course, so I'm not complaining too much. What would you do differently?: Train more for power cycling- but I knew that! Transition 2
Comments: I was wondering why I was so slow, and then remembered that I did have trouble racking the bike on the slot-thing I ended up using. Probably cost me 20 seconds. What would you do differently?: Rack bike on a normal spot  Run
Comments: I was happy to be under 9 m/m, but it was still slower than Skinnyman. I haven't done as much running in the last month because of my overtraining issues, so maybe it's the effect of that, or maybe the bike effort was too much for the legs. What would you do differently?: Run faster! Post race
Warm down: Found husband and two bored children, sent them home. Watched the kids triathlon. What limited your ability to perform faster: Training as always! Overall I'm pretty happy with this effort though, and I'm looking forward to building strength on the bike and speed on the swim, so I can knock another 6 minutes off next year ;). Event comments: I do like this race, but there are some things they could do better. If we are going to be waiting 2 hours for our wave to start, at least have some water out for us! Last updated: 2009-06-09 12:00 AM
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 2009-09-22 1:15 PM |
Expert  721  |  Subject: Finger Lakes Triathlon - Sprint Distance |
| 2009-09-22 1:45 PM in reply to: #2420234 |
 Master 1324  Rochester, NY | Subject: RE: Finger Lakes Triathlon - Sprint Distance Look at you! Knocking off 6 minutes from last year! WAY TO GO!!!! A good offseason of masters training, and you'll be coming in much faster next season! I just know it! |
| 2009-09-22 5:14 PM in reply to: #2420234 |
Expert 1557 Austin, TX | Subject: RE: Finger Lakes Triathlon - Sprint Distance Great job out there! Any time you can pull off a 6min improvement on a sprint then you must be doing something right! |
| 2009-09-22 8:55 PM in reply to: #2420234 |
Extreme Veteran 597 New Joisy | Subject: RE: Finger Lakes Triathlon - Sprint Distance Nice job on the race, we came in almost together(aside from the fact that you started earlier than me). I am with you on the wait time....I think bagels and coffee would be good while we wait, or maybe do the sprint on saturday and the intermediate on Sunday. When you figure out how to improve on the bike fill me in, I need it too! |
| 2009-09-24 6:40 AM in reply to: #2420234 |
Master 1848 Canandaigua | Subject: RE: Finger Lakes Triathlon - Sprint Distance Great job. I thought I saw you out there, YOu were the one ina swim cap and wetsuit right? |
| 2009-09-24 7:54 AM in reply to: #2423554 |
Expert 721 | Subject: RE: Finger Lakes Triathlon - Sprint Distance Yup- black wetsuit, yellow cap! Thanks! One of these days I'll actually manage to meet you! |
| 2009-09-29 12:47 PM in reply to: #2420234 |
Pro 5123 Canandaigua NY | Subject: RE: Finger Lakes Triathlon - Sprint Distance Great job on the huge improvement in time!!! That is impressive!!! |
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Got up at 5:10, made coffee, ate 1/2 a bagel with peanut butter on the drive in. Got there with plenty of time to set up- the tricky thing about this race is that the transition area closes at 7:15, but my wave didn't start until 9:25! I ate the other half bagel, at 7, then a gel at 9. Drank water and coffee. It was also COLD- I put my cycling gloves over my toes (I wore flipflops while waiting around). Next year I'm wearing my Uggs! Found Jackie and Rob and Terry and Dawn. Chatted. Waited. Husband came, chatted, waited, and then it was finally time to go.
Chatting. Waiting. Swam a few strokes at the start.