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Katy Triathlon at Firethorne - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: They didn't allow a swim warm-up. This really suprized me. In five year of competing in triathlons I have never heard of this stupid rule. This combined with the chilly temps effected my breathing more than I thought it would. Basicly for the first 100m or so my body went rigid and I couldn't breathe correctly. by the time I got used to the water and my body relaxed, it was already too late and I struggled breathing the rest of the swim. What would you do differently?: I debated whether or not to wear my wetsuit. I decided against it because the water wasnt really THAT cold and I didn't think they would have strippers for this event. It turns out they DID have strippers and the water effected me more than I thought it would. I still belive that had they allowed a swim warm-up I would have competed much better.  Transition 1
Comments: An average T1 for me.  Bike
Comments: I did suprisingly well considering I didn't train one iota the preseeding 6 weeks. What would you do differently?: I was a fool and never trained once on the bike leading up to this event. inspite of that I competed well as opposed to my age groupers. I wonder how well i might have done had I trained properly. The difference between my 8th place finish (20.3 ave MPH) and the 4th place finisher (20.7 ave MPH) could have easilly been overcome. Transition 2
Comments: An avagage T2 for me.  Run
Comments: I ran better today than any race I ran this year. I really tried my best to work on my run pace leading up to this race. I see that this pais off. I am still way to slow a runner but this gives me hope that I can be more compeditive in the future. What would you do differently?: not much this was a good event for me. Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: no swim warm-up. Decision not to wear a wet-suit. Last updated: 2009-10-26 12:00 AM
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 2009-10-26 8:37 AM |
Extreme Veteran  578   Katy, Texas |  Subject: Katy Triathlon at Firethorne |
| 2009-10-26 10:35 AM in reply to: #2479301 |
Champion 6973   marietta | Subject: RE: Katy Triathlon at Firethorne good job despite the lack of warm-up! and 8:18 miles are slow!?! ha... you'd be flying past me. |
| 2009-10-26 11:04 AM in reply to: #2479521 |
Pro 4824 Houston | Subject: RE: Katy Triathlon at Firethorne fattyfatfat - 2009-10-26 10:35 AM good job despite the lack of warm-up! and 8:18 miles are slow!?! ha... you'd be flying past me. What he said! I was out there cheering folks on. Sorry about the lack of warm up that would have peeved me as well. Good job out there! |
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was up at 5AM. Ate Cherrios with milk for breakfast. got to the event site at about 6AM. At first I set my Transition in the wrong place, luckily I realized my mistake and was able to move to my spot without incident.
A swim warm-up was NOT allowed for this race. I found this shocking, I did do a run warm-up but transition closed at 7:15AM and of-course they started the race a few minutes late so by the time my wave started it was 8:20. So basicly I stood around cooling down for over an hour between my warm-up and the race start.