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Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon - 1st TRI
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Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: went out too fast in the beginning, couldn't get the rithm right, inconsistent breathing, turned on my back for a min after the first bouy, caught my breath back, then started breathing every second stroke, became steady (but still slow) for the rest of the swim, it wasn't as hard as i thought, i had a couple 100s meters left in me if i had to swim longer, but i couldn't wait for it to be over wet suit helped a lot, bouyancy felt great! What would you do differently?: train more for the swim! and not rush in the beginning  Transition 1
Comments: long run from end of swim to t1, seemed long at least, had some trouble taking off wet suit and putting on shirt, but not bad, ate a gel and reeceys cup, and off i went What would you do differently?: it will come with practice  Bike
Comments: definitely most enjoyable part of the race, felt strong the whole way, didn't want for it to end. satisfied with my avg speed of 17.7 What would you do differently?: need to practice turns better, still kinda scared on high speed and slow down a lot for the turns, just need more miles under my seat i guess also need to practice eating and drinking more during the bike Transition 2
Comments: good t2 for the 1st time i thought, didn't panic or run around What would you do differently?: eat during t2  Run
Comments: felt aweful to run right after bike, legs didn't want to obey, felt like i was going to collapse on the 1st little downhill, also kinda bonked, and had cramps in my stomach on top of it. first 2 kmiles i was miserable, even had to walk for a little, then got better. was hoping for a sub-50, but didn't make it, still passed people, but didn't have as much fun as i expected What would you do differently?: need some brick workouts to get my body used to running after bike, wish i ate more on the bike Post race
Warm down: spilled cold water on my head, drank water, ate popcicles, went into the lake and cooled off, ate a ton felt better than after finishing a marathon What limited your ability to perform faster: lack of experience (transitions, nutririon, hydration) and lack of training too Event comments: i did it! i am a triathlete now! feels really good! the race was great, i would do it again possibly, want to try a longer distance (half). it's scary to think about the time commitment for training, unsure if i can train enough to perform well in triathlons and keep my running fast as well. Last updated: 2005-06-27 12:00 AM
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 2005-06-27 3:28 PM |
Veteran  301  Seattle |  Subject: Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon - 1st TRI |
| 2005-06-27 5:09 PM in reply to: #184757 |
Pro 4228  Broomfield, Colorado | Subject: RE: Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon - 1st TRI Great race! And heck, if you can do an oly as your first race, then you can do a 1/2 IM! go for it |
| 2005-06-27 7:12 PM in reply to: #184757 |
Master 2314 Gulf Shores, AL | Subject: RE: Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon - 1st TRI Awesome race. Sounds like you really did homework and planned very well. I envy your 50 minute run after that swim and bike. Congrats and get ready for that half. Ken |
| 2005-06-27 9:15 PM in reply to: #184757 |
| St. Louis, MO | Subject: RE: Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon - 1st TRI Congrats on your first tri! Jumped right in to an Oly...you go girl! I'm looking ahead to that perhaps next season. Awesome work! |
| 2005-06-28 9:06 AM in reply to: #184757 |
Extreme Veteran 458 Denver, CO | Subject: RE: Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon - 1st TRI Congratulations on your first race! You have an awesome run pace - I wish you could rub off on me! Sounds like you learned a lot about what you need to do next time. My first tri was last weekend and I didn't eat enough on teh bike, so for the Loveland race, I ate and drank as much as I could on the bike and it made a huge difference on the run. Glad you had fun! |
| 2005-06-28 3:31 PM in reply to: #184757 |
Expert 615 Littleton, CO | Subject: RE: Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon - 1st TRI Great job Lilia! Are we going to see more of you at races or group training? Glad to see you have your logs on here - and now I see why you were looking for sub50. Fast fast fast You might want to eat at the end of the bike so you can keep T2 fast, and so the fuel is on board before you run. Hope to meet you. Will you be at Boulder Peak? |
| 2005-06-28 3:46 PM in reply to: #185679 |
Veteran 301 Seattle | Subject: RE: Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon - 1st TRI Thanks for advice, yeah, i don't quite understand how to keep those transitions short and quick. it seems like i didn't really waste time or seat around, still over 2 min on t1 and over 1 min on t2 i am thinking about boulder peak it's huge, isn't it?(i mean # of people) does it fill up early? as far as running - it just felt really odd to be running after bike, basically my legs felt like they were soft and weak. will this go away if i do more brick work outs when i run right after bike? also, what is this boper-moper-foper thing, pardon my ignorance? |
| 2005-06-28 5:40 PM in reply to: #184757 |
Expert 615 Littleton, CO | Subject: RE: Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon - 1st TRI Ooops. Just found out Boulder Peak is full. BOP = Back Of the Pack Your T1 & T2 times don't look bad. I don't know how far you had to go from the water to the bike rack, but I liked your comments in your RR, you will get faster as you do more. But, if you just bought a tri suit, why did you put on a shirt? Anyway, nothing else you did looks slow. Good job |
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night before: went to rei and bought a tri suit, spare tube and new socks, learned how to change a flat (didn't need it thx god), had prerace pizza at wazee. layed out all the gear on the floor (that was kinda fun! being the gear geek i am).
morning: got up at 4, instead of 3:30 as planned, left close to 5, had pbj sandwich and coffee for breakfast, drink tons of gatorade. got to the race area, picked up the bib, prepared t1/t2 stuff, put on sun screen, got marked, put on wet suit, felt nervous about the swim
ran to the lake/swim start area, went into the lake and swam a little, felt really good wearing a wetsuit