Arrowhead Trails Off Road Triathlon
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Arrowhead Trails Off Road Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: The swim went well but I don't remember having as much contact with others throughout an entire swim. Just before the finish another swimmer was swimming to the left and kept running into me and pushing me away from a better line. I should have ducked the swimmer and let them swim on to the left. The lake was clear enough so that I could see the bottom in about 10 foot deep areas. What would you do differently?: Make a better effort to avoid off course swimmers. Transition 1
Comments: I took my time. I put on socks, my bike shoes, full gloves, and my helmet and then drank some Gator Ade. What would you do differently?: Not much, I knew it would be a long ride in the woods and I wanted to be comfortable. Bike
Comments: Oh my gosh, the mountain bike part was hard! Super technical at least for me with no pity for the inexperienced. I fell twice on the first loop and once on the second loop. What would you do differently?: Ride more trails. I talked to a SORBA guy before the race started and he thought the trails weren't too bad. I bet he mountain bikes more than I road bike because these trails were not for beginners. Another thing I would do differently would be to take the barends off my handlebars. I didn't hook any trees but I came really close many, many times. Also in my exhaustion I often shifted the front derailleur the wrong way which means I need to ride the mountain bike enough to make the shifting instinctive. Transition 2
Comments: I was tired at T2. The bike had sucked out all my energy and I took a very long time getting ready to run. What would you do differently?: I was tired so I rested, it was all I could do. Run
Comments: I ran probably the first half mile and then I walked most of the rest of the first loop. My heart rate was high and I walked to get it under control. I felt better on the second two mile loop and ran most of it except some of the bigger hills. I thought I was DFL (Dead Flat Last) but I spotted another runner well behind me and I picked up my pace figuring that I was in a battle not to be DFL. It turns out that there were at least 2 other runners behind me so I finished 4th from last. What would you do differently?: I could have run better if the mountain bike portion hadn't drained me so I guess I need to work on longer endurance training. Post race
Warm down: I just sat and drank fluids. What limited your ability to perform faster: I am not an experienced mountain biker and this race had a very demanding mountain bike ride. Event comments: When I finished I had to scavenge around for water, most of the food was gone, and there was really nothing worth having. The race organization took a long time to announce results but had drawings for prizes which was nice except that I wasn't called. But I have done an Xterra event, WOOHOO! Last updated: 2005-06-16 12:00 AM
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Got up at 3:45 and was out the door by 4:11. It took about 2 hours to get to Macon and I took the wrong exit off of 475 which took me to the North side of the lake. I drove around the lake and finally found the Arrowhead Park entrance. I was one of the first there and got a pretty good parking spot near the transition area. I met some of the other racers unloading near me and spotted at least one person I knew from TriAtlanta while I was setting up my transition area. For breakfast I just had some Fig Newtons , Gator Ade, and coffee.
I did some stretches which is unusual for me but they felt good. The off road crowd wasn't much on swim warmups and there were annoucements at the event headquarters near transition just 15 minutes before the swim was supposed to start. The event ended up starting about 15 minutes late and I had heard that Xterra events always start on time. I did manage to get some short swims in just before the, in the water, mass start.