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Waterfront at Pu'uloa Sprint Triathlon
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Waterfront at Pu'uloa Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: Oh my god!!! What a terrible, horrible, aweful swim. My worst performance to date! I seriously almost gave up, but I didn't. I watched two other guys call for the lifeguards as I was flailing past them. What would you do differently?: Train, train, train, train....  Transition 1
Comments: Good T-1 as usual. I was 4th in my age group for T-1 time. What would you do differently?: Nothing. At least I can do this right. Maybe its because I am so happy to be out of the water...  Bike
Comments: Pretty decent ride. Not my best placing but I'm not near as embarrassed by my bike as I am by the dang swim... What would you do differently?: Train... Transition 2
Comments: Not a bad T-2. I was under a minute, so I'm pretty happy with that. Struggled with the shoes a little bit which probably added about 5 - 10 secs. What would you do differently?: Need to practice a little, but I wouldn't worry too much about this one. I'm certainly not going to move into contention with any improvements here.  Run
Comments: I'm a little disappointed with my run because I usually place better. What would you do differently?: Train... Post race
Warm down: Stretched and walked back to collect my junk and head home. What limited your ability to perform faster: Training. Event comments: OK, this was by far the worst race I ever did. The swimming took so much out of me that I really think it impacted my bike and run legs noticeably. The surf was pretty high which I think had a big mental impact on my performance, but lets face it, my swim training has been pathetic to no-existent so what should I have expected? This was a real wake-up call to me and I know I can do much better than I did here in this race. Let's see what I do with this. Last updated: 2009-10-25 12:00 AM
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 2010-03-22 4:15 PM |
Regular  52  Portsmouth, Rhode Island |  Subject: Waterfront at Pu'uloa Sprint Triathlon |
| 2010-03-22 4:28 PM in reply to: #2741204 |
Veteran 271 | Subject: RE: Waterfront at Pu'uloa Sprint Triathlon Don't beat yourself up so hard about that swim Sam, friggin' thing was brutal! I think it was definitely long too. I can't verify your measurements on the rest of the course though, my Garmin turned into a brick when I tried switching it to bike mode. I hear you on the training though brother, my swimming has been non-existent as well. Like someone told me that morning, we race our way into shape  |
| 2010-03-22 6:36 PM in reply to: #2741204 |
| Subject: RE: Waterfront at Pu'uloa Sprint Triathlon The swim was brutal...the only thing that kept me going was survival mode. Edited by tri808 2010-03-22 6:38 PM |
| 2010-03-22 6:40 PM in reply to: #2741204 |
Master 1632  Almost Canada, WA | Subject: RE: Waterfront at Pu'uloa Sprint Triathlon Sam, I have to agree with Mike...don't beat yourself up. I've heard from everyone that this was a brutal swim ~ besides, it's what you do with this that matters and if I know you, this will just kick your butt into the gear it needs to be in (and if that doesn't work ~ I'm here for a few good kickings!) |
| 2010-03-23 5:24 PM in reply to: #2741204 |
Regular 52 Portsmouth, Rhode Island | Subject: RE: Waterfront at Pu'uloa Sprint Triathlon Thanks for the words guys. It's hard not to be critical of oneself particularly when you know you are capable of doing much better. |
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Overall Rank = 129/259
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 13/16
Got up at about 4 am. I had some cereal and water and left for the race site at 4:50 am. Got there and set up transition and used the porta potty. My usual.
Stretched and took a short jog.