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Seahorse Challenge - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: Its not alot of people...just about 180? BUT its the FIRST TIME I swam with so many people, with people hitting me all over. I FREAKED OUT!! I was hyperventilating and panicked...I was gasping for air. Even breast-stroke was difficult. I ALMOST wanted to call for help! It was THAT BAD...I felt like I was going to drown...my HR was high and it was horrible. I didnt drink any of the water, but I was bobbing up and down the water, gasping. Took me quite awhile before I settled down and actually could swim again. Breast-stroked for quite awhile. It was better when I saw one guy going as slow as me. He didnt swim free-style at all. Just breast-stroke and backstroke. I kinda followed him and he did most of the sighting for me :) I seriously need to improve my swimming. Something screwed up over the last month with my swimming and it has been EXTRA horrible since. I cannot explain why....don't know whats wrong. What would you do differently?: ACTUALLY SWIM?!?! I'm disappointed with my inability to actually swim properly after spending so much time in the pool. Transition 1
Comments: I wore my speedos, under my bike shorts and THEN had my wetsuit on. Reason for the speedos is that I will be running in my running shorts and THERE CAN BE NO NUDITY IN THE TRANSITION AREA! :) Had alittle trouble getting the wetsuit off. But I wasn't surprised when I saw that my transition was 4.5 mins. I didnt practice transitioning at all since its not that impt for the IM. What would you do differently?: I could have probably saved 1-2 mins if I practiced before hand. Putting on bike gloves for an Oly might be excessive. Bike
Comments: Even splitted both loops. 36 mins for first loop, 36 for the second loop I thought that the course wasn't too bad. Nice roads. Not very hilly. Nothing that really needs to get out of the saddle for. I sat in aero for the majority of the 2 laps except when getting bottle to drink and turning some tight corners where I had to break. One or 2 major bumps in the road that threatened to shake off my helmet =p Good bike course with some ups and downs so that its not too boring and one can get some good speed on the downhills. I didnt look at my speed throughout the ride, kept the bike-computer screen to cadence and time. Time so that I remembered to drink and take in carbs every 10-15 mins. And cadence so that I kept it high and didn't mash too much. Its been a long while since I rode long in the Big Chain ring. Did yesterday's entire century in the SCR. Felt good in the BCR. HR was high but I kept it rolling since I knew I could keep up a HR of 160+ for 2 hrs. I got a kick from passing people with AERO WHEELS!! Seriously felt GREAT when I pass a $1000 pair of wheels..hehehe :) No one passed me on the bike. :) Then again, most of the FAST people were at the front end of the pack since they got out of the water MUCH MUCH earlier. What would you do differently?: Bike Harder? I left some time on the bike course. Hard to say what will happen on the run if I biked harder. But I felt that I COULD have gone harder. Drink alittle less. I felt that I drank abit too much and had abit of water slushing around in my stomach during the run. (Probably turned out to be a good thing, it was VERY HOT TODAY) Transition 2
Comments: Racked bike, stripped up my bike top, gloves, helmettook off bike shorts, took off bike shoes, put on running top, running shorts and running shoes! I think I DID AWESOME in this transition considering I had a FULL CHANGE OF CLOTHES!! :) What would you do differently?: A tri-short would have shaved some time, but I don't like the idea of running in tights. I like to be light and free. Running shorts :) Run
Comments: I ran my first 2 miles at about 7:30 min/mile pace according to my stopwatch. Was alittle surprised at my pace but kept it rolling. First 2 miles were relatively easier, HR kept at high 160s or low 170s. Stepped it up a notch in the last 2 miles. I was breathing hard and people could HEAR me catching up with them because I sounded as if I was wheezing....I think I sounded quite horrible. Oh well... Last mile was definately a sub 7 min mile. Sprinted to the finish line. Hit the HR max of 192 there. Again, no one passed me on run...but most of the fast guys have already finished at this point. Interesting point. I was cheering some people on in the run, and spoke to this guy. He was in his second loop when I was in my first when I "overtook" him. He ran beside me for awhile and I asked if it was his second loop and he said yes. I replied it was my first. He looked visibly MORE relaxed...hehehe...guess he thought he was gonna lose a spot on the overall rankings. DAMM MY STUPID SWIM!!! What would you do differently?: Hmm...open up the throttle alittle sooner. Judging by my strength in the final mile, I probably could have started increasing my pace alittle sooner. Probably at the end of the first loop. That should cut about 30s to 1 min off. Post race
Warm down: Nothing. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of a rocket-powered aqua-propulsion device. Swimming 10 mins (30 min swim) faster with a LOWER HR would have allowed me to go HARDER on the BIKE AND RUN... :( Event comments: MY FIRST FREAKING TRI-RACE!! :) I completed it. So thats good enough :) Last updated: 2005-06-05 12:00 AM
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Drove to the race this morning. Didnt have a good rest. Kept falling asleep at the wheel. Was alittle worried that I WOULDNT MAKE it to the race in one piece...fell asleep like 3 times at the wheel...not good..=p
Tired from yesterday's 100 mile ride + brick. Should have taken the bike for a little spin but didnt.
Just stretched while waiting at the beach for the start.