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Reebok Women's Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: I tried drafting off the girl in front of me, I did't really see that it made that much of a difference. Plus, I sort of felt like I was stalking her! I hung with the leaders in my wave for the bulk of the swim. Swam the entire thing freestyle, and felt pretty good afterwards. What would you do differently?: Nothing, really. I've been training my swim more and more, and I don't see it making much of a difference. My swim time this year was EXACTLY the same as it was this year. I think my time might be better spent training my run. But we'll get to that later....  Transition 1
Comments: T1 went reasonably well... pretty smoothly. There wasn't as much drama associated with BIKE SHOES as I expected. They weren't that hard to run in, and they went on fairly easily. I put my sunglasses on and started to run off and I stopped for a second thinking I still had my goggles on. It's funny what the mind sort of thinks on it's own. I actually stopped to feel my face. Can you imagine me biking with my helmet and goggles? What would you do differently?: Not much, except for the minor goggle flash, I'd probably do things much the same.  Bike
Comments: This bike ride ROCKED. I was fast. I was awesome. I was employing my new "take no prisioners" bike strategy. I love riding my bike. I just love it. I was passing people left and right. What would you do differently?: Nothing. NOT A SINGLE THING. Transition 2
Comments: As I was entering T2, the girl riding behind me said... "Nice job on that bike" I was beaming with pride! Apparently she'd been trying to catch me the whole way. My bike rack was EMPTY when I returned from my bike. NO ONE else in my wave had finished yet. What would you do differently?: Not much. T2 went well. I was worried about running through the transition area with my bike shoes on, I thought they'd be more slippery than they were. It's really no big deal.  Run
Comments: I'm a lousy runner. I was hoping to build up enough of a lead on the bike so that I'd have a head start on the run... it worked until about mile 2, when I started seeing people from my wave catching me... and the two waves behind me, 16 & 17. Not many people, but enough to make me momentarily doubt my all out swim/bike theory. What would you do differently?: Ummm, learn how to run better? I'm awkward on land. My hips hurt, my knees hurt, I'm sure I shuffle rather than stride. I just don't have grace or dexterity on land. I try, though... My run time THIS year was only :33 seconds slower than it was last year, after an all out pedal-fest on the bike. **SIGH** I am a prime candidate for the new AQUABIKE race series. Post race
Warm down: Wandered around after the race looking for my friend Kathy and my husband, dog and mother. Couldn't find anyone, so I ate a banana... What limited your ability to perform faster: My utter lack of running ability. Event comments: This is always one of my favorite races. It's so organized and there's really a feeling of friendliness amongst the women involved. I really like this race alot. I'm actually quite happy with my performance. It was my goal to finish within the 1:30's, and 1:35 is right in the middle. It's a 6 minute improvement over last year's performance. Most of my gains were made on the bike. I think I'm going to spend less time swimming and more time running... maybe every other week I'll swim and every other week I'll turn my swim into a third run for the week. ??? We shall see... Last updated: 2005-05-20 12:00 AM
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 2005-06-13 10:56 AM |
Champion  5495    Whizzzzzlandia Silver member |  Subject: Reebok Women's Triathlon |
| 2005-06-13 11:09 AM in reply to: #173832 |
Resident Curmudgeon 25290 The Road Back Gold member | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon Awesome swim and bike, Laura! Nearly 21mph on the bike, you are one fast chickadee! |
| 2005-06-13 11:16 AM in reply to: #173832 |
Master 1359 South of SLC | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon You smoked that bike -- very impressive. That milage and hard work on the bike is obviously paying off. Mike |
| 2005-06-13 11:17 AM in reply to: #173832 |
| Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon Great race Whizzer, your bike split is awesome, and I would be thrilled to have a swim time like yours! |
| 2005-06-13 11:29 AM in reply to: #173832 |
| Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon Wow!! 20+ mph on the bike... Awesome. Great race (from a fellow shuffler on the run course  ) |
| 2005-06-13 11:34 AM in reply to: #173832 |
Expert 963 | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon That's some serious biking!!! Sounds like you slaughtered everone on the swim and bike to hold them off until mile 2 of the run. I smell a podium finish for ya in the near future!!! |
| 2005-06-13 11:49 AM in reply to: #173832 |
Champion 7704 Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon Great race/ Totally impressive swim and bike...I'm with ya on the running thing...think this aquabike thing might work out for me though. Congrats -SMO |
| 2005-06-13 12:10 PM in reply to: #173832 |
Champion 11641 Fairport, NY | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon Great race Laura. You finished in the top 3rd of your AG. That's FOP. |
| 2005-06-13 12:30 PM in reply to: #173832 |
Expert 615 Littleton, CO | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon What a great race! Lots of us wish we could run faster - not many of us swim AND bike at the front of our AG! Fantastic! |
| 2005-06-13 12:42 PM in reply to: #173832 |
Champion 5495 Whizzzzzlandia Silver member | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon You guys are making me blush! I'm so proud of myself... even though I had a lousy run, I'm a lousy runner, so that's just the way it is... I highly recommend the swim-and-bike-like-a-lunatic race strategy... unless you're a strong runner... then you don't have to! It's taken me 3 years to get to the point where I'm actually quite pleased with one of my own performances.
Whizzzzzzz |
| 2005-06-13 12:47 PM in reply to: #173832 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon WOW! Great swim AND bike time. Even though you aren't happy with your run (I'm slower, btw), your overall time is GREAT!! Congrats on your performance! Your screenname fits you! |
| 2005-06-13 1:47 PM in reply to: #173832 |
Veteran 258 Plainfield, IL | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon You did awesome on the bike, you must have been one of the FLYING bikes that just whizzed right by me. Sorry we didn't get to meet up, I think I saw you are doing Chicago Accenture, so maybe I'll see you there!!!!!!! Nice race again, could not have asked for a better day! |
| 2005-06-13 3:00 PM in reply to: #173832 |
Extreme Veteran 404 Chicago, Il | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon Awesome job Whizz. You'd smoke me any day! |
| 2005-06-13 3:08 PM in reply to: #173832 |
Pro 5153 Helena, MT | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon OMG! Incredible bike! I'm gonna have to try the swim and bike like a lunatic thing because I'm a crap-ola runner. How much worse can I get?! LOL! Did someone call you a FOPer?! Way to go! It's good to see that a not-so-strong runner can get to that legendary FOP! There's hope for me yet... |
| 2005-06-13 6:07 PM in reply to: #173832 |
Veteran 200 san francisco, ca | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon Woo-hoo! Good to see someone be really HAPPY and PROUD of their performance. You rock, Whizzer! (what a good name for such a fast biker) |
| 2005-06-13 6:10 PM in reply to: #173832 |
molto veloce mama 9311 | Subject: RE: Reebok Women's Triathlon you had a great race, kicking major tail on the swim and bike. i would bet you passed more people than passed you! hope to be there next year. |
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Hung out with my friend Kathy. It was her first time, and she was very nervous... I was nervous too... We set and reset our transition areas, ate a Clif Bar, and watched the elite wave take off... All very interesting. Also hung out with husband and Mocha-the-tri-supporter-dog.
Didn't really warm up before the swim, as the warm up time was a good hour before my wave was taking off... Did some general stretching and walking around, and visiting of porta-potties. ;)