5430 - MY FIRST TRI ! :)
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5430 - MY FIRST TRI ! :) - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: It was a fairly long run from the water to the timing mat. I'm OK with this time. My fellow AGers SUCK at navigation though! BRUTAL swim, especially at the turn. I was kicked and climbed upon all the way out and back! What would you do differently?: Go balls out. Transition 1
Comments: Left the shoes on the pedals and put them on while riding. That works really well! The darn chip got stuck in the ankle of the wetsuit. How the heck do you practice that? What would you do differently?: Put gels in helmet - then I'll have to stick em in my pockets. Take the swim cap off my head while running into T1 (tried to put the helmet on over the swim cap!) I'm sure it'll get faster. I took an extra 10 seconds just to make myself think, have a little water, towel off face. I could take those 10 seconds out, but I didn't sweat it today. Bike
Comments: I hit the bike hard. NOBODY passed me :) As I keep racing, I'll learn how to get a feel for output over distance. I could have ridden faster. What would you do differently?: Drink more on the bike. I had 24oz of gatorade and about 6oz of water. Another 16oz of water would have helped the run. Forgot my gel shot. Transition 2
Comments: Never did get those yankz on my runners. So I sat down and tied my damn shoes! Oh, and I forgot to put on my new race belt. I had put the other stuff in my shoes so I didn't have to look for it. Just didn't even see it there. Would have SUCKED to get a penalty or DQ for THAT!!! What would you do differently?: Yankz. Put on my number!!! Run
Comments: I knew I would beat my goal time of 1:30, so I eased up and I thought I was really slow. I'm surprised my pace was still this fast. I also thought the heat was devastating. If the run had been 10k or longer I would have stopped to drink at an aid station. What would you do differently?: RUN MORE! Hydrate better on the bike. Shoulda dumped water on my head at aid#1 & 2. If I could have come out strong on the run, I could have placed 8 positions higher in my AG by running 1:30 faster (7:38 pace). Post race
Warm down: Stretched and HYDRATED. I got two blisters on the arch of my foot. OWWW I guess I'm a baby because they HURT! Got a bandaid. What limited your ability to perform faster: Training. Need more of it. I can already imagine how much faster I'll be by NEXT YEAR! :) Third place in my AG finished 1:13:52. OK, I have some serious training to do if I want hardware!!! THIS IS FOR ME TO THINK ABOUT OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS - I've gone through the spreadsheet and here's how I get to next year's goal time of 1:18 - 2 minutes faster on swim 1 min faster on T1 2 min faster on bike (24 avg) 0.5 faster t2 4.5 faster run (6:38 pace) - If I can run 6:38 in a year, I'll bet I can ride 25 and make it 1:16. Event comments: Short on shade at the post race - otherwise a superb effort to put on the race! MUCH better than the 1/2 mary last sunday by the same group. Last updated: 2005-02-17 12:00 AM
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5430
80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 198/934
Age Group = M 35-39
Age Group Rank = 40/115
Drive an hour to Boulder. Oh, and it was a busy week, so pack all my stuff, get drinks ready, etc. Before leaving at 4:30am
jog to the porta john. repeat.
swim 20yds out. return.