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Padden Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: I am fairly happy with my performance. I seeded myself in the 3rd wave and on hindsight I should have gone off in the first wave. I was the first out of the water in my wave and I passed about half of the people in the second wave. It was difficult passing at times because people were not swimming straight. I felt like I should have been able to go faster anyway. I had to do some breaststroke to sight and because I was getting tired. My swim time is probably about 30sec to 1 min faster because we had to run up a steep embankment and since I felt like I was going to pass out when I got out of the water, I walked most of it. A little girl standing next to the swim exit was yelling at me to run up the hill. I was thinking Ok you sprint 440 yard then try to run straight up a hill then you can tell me to run. I was quite annoyed. I bet that if I would have run up the hill I could have place first in my age group for the swim. What would you do differently?: Gone in the first wave and trained more. Sighted better. I need to practice my swim transitions so I don't feel so dizzy getting out of the water. Transition 1
Comments: I was suprised that my wetsuit came off so easily. I kinda took my time in this transition because I was still trying to catch my breath from the swim. What would you do differently?: Hurry! I need to practice more. Bike
Comments: This was so bad! I don't even want to talk about it. I performed way below my expectations. I just could not get going. The hills were really hard for me. I even had to get off my bike on the really steep hill at the end of the course and walk my bike up half of it. I am almost ashamed of my performance. BOO!! What would you do differently?: Ride more. I really need to get on the bike. Transition 2
Comments: I don't have bike shoes yet so I only had to rack my bike and throw my helmet off. Boy was I glad to be off the bike! What would you do differently?: Nothing really. Run
Comments: Ugh. All I can say is: Ugh. What would you do differently?: Run more. Obviously I am not a runner. Yet. Post race
Warm down: Drack some water. Ate a muffin and wandered around. What limited your ability to perform faster: Hmm. . .Let me think real hard on this one. Maybe someone can help me out here? Event comments: I liked this race. I thought it was interesting that there was no body marking. This was really a bare bones community race but it was well organized. I thought the race director was really funny. I did not stay for the awards but apparently, they were pretty good. For $35 I thought this race was great and I will do it again next year. I can only improve my performance. Last updated: 2004-12-07 12:00 AM
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United States
City of Bellingham
70F / 21C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 160/195
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 30/33
I stayed the night at my aunt's house which is about 20 min outside of Bellingham. So I was able to sleep in as late as I wanted since the recreational race did not start until 1pm. I headed over to the race about 2 hours early so I could see the end of the competitive race.
No warm-up really. Walked around. Waded in the lake a bit.