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Comments: tough swim - more chop, wind, weeds & rollers than I was expecting. Plus I haven't done much swim training in the past 3 months. About 400yds from the finish someone came up next to me & I thought "Hey, that's my friend." I tried to keep up with her, but she was sprinting for the finish and left me in her wake pretty easily. I wish I could say it was the wetsuit, but she just plain kicked my @zz. What would you do differently?: train more and wear a wetsuit.  Post race
Warm down: dried off ASAP & grabbed a couple cups of coffee. I still had several folks worried about how much I was shaking, so perhaps my non-wetsuit days are over until I gain some weight. Event comments: I thought the race was OK. Parking wasn't as difficult as I expected and the food at the finish line was top notch (but could have used some peanut butter and/or cream cheese) Coffee was a must for us nuts who chose not to wear a wetsuit! Last updated: 2010-06-24 12:00 AM
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 2010-07-17 2:46 PM |
Veteran  274   Everett, WA |  Subject: Fat Salmon |
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55F / 13C
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Overall Rank = 20/51
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 3/3
Headed out early to secure parking near the finish line. Arrived around 6:15 and ran into a group of swimmers from the Monroe YMCA and hung out with them the rest of the morning.
Ate a Zone bar about 30 minutes before the race. I was still hungry and mooched half a kaschi bar from a friend.
eased myself into the water and did a brief warm up. treaded water near the starting area.