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Comments: Soooooooo here goes the story ... I actually really didn't feel that bad considering this was my first OWS without a wetsuit. Someone even tried to draft of me, REALLY? Stop tickling my toes and move on please because I am not the one to be hiding behind on the swim! I navigated pretty good, only once did I find myself going who knows where ... I rounded the buoys pretty well too, which is a first ... I know I am still a slow poke but I am sooooo very much determined to get faster it has got to happen cuz I am sooooo sick of losing to people because they beat me by 10 freaking minutes out of the water!!!!!! Aaaaargh ... What would you do differently?: Swim FASTER!!!!!!!!!!!! Transition 1
Comments: 13 out of 157 chicks ... not bad What would you do differently?: I gotta get a pair of tri shoes so I don't have to wrestle with putting socks on wet grassy feet ... other than that I was out of there pretty fast ... Bike
Comments: Fastest chick split, and 15th overall - there boys! :) I had a great ride. Felt good the entire time. Had a bottle of Heed (with 2 scoops), and a caffeinated gel in the middle of the course (mile 12). Finished the heed and about half of my water bottle. I felt awesome on the flats and uphills, and was able to keep a great speed on the downhills! On my 2nd loop I even kept pace with a dude that had an aero helmet and a disc wheel! Sweet! The black "tornado" loves to go downhill fast even with my skinny ass on it! :) LOVE IT! What would you do differently?: Time for some tri shoes since I almost killed myself getting off the bike and running on the road into transitions ... yikes! Now that would be embarrassing!!!!! Transition 2
Comments: I had the fastest transitions out of all the chicks!!!! WHAT????? Just racked my bike, through my running shoes on, grabbed my belt and a watch and ran ran and ran .... Run
Comments: I had the 3rd fastest female run split and 28th overall ... not bad BUT here we go again, I want to get below that magic number 7 please! :). On the other hand this is my fastest 10K split yet so I guess I shouldn't complain. Mile 1 was for some reason rough - legs felt descent (calves little tight), but I couldn't get my breathing under control ... I was huffing and puffing like I was running a 5 min/mile pace when my garmin was saying like 8 min pace ... WHAT? I thought I was in trouble but kept thinking positive and it all turned around for the better ... Mile paces were: 7:43, 7:10, 6:55, 7:21, 7:03, 7:23, and finally 6:06 BUT I know the last .2 was way faster because I forgot to stop my watch at the end, and I freaking spoted the 3rd overall girl that was way ahead of my on the turn around and I was determined to catch her! ... aaaaaand even though the overall time doesn't show that which is BS, I caught her and I know I did! It felt awesome, even though I really wanted just fall over and pass out right there and then ... I took water at each of the 2 water stops .. yes .. entire 2 water stops, took a little sip of water and the rest poured on my neck and head ... What would you do differently?: Somehow have a better first mile? .... this is soooo unlike me! Usually I go out way too fast but for some reason this was the other way around ... and no it wasn't the legs, it was my lungs ... Post race
Warm down: Once I realized I wasn't going to die ... :), and caught my breath again, I grabbed my recovery drink (Endurox - fruit punch) ... ewww I didn't like it btw, and sat in the balmy lake for a while ... stretched a little bit, and then got some food ... which was also gross, waited for the awards and headed back to Veronika's for a cook out .... What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing really .. I did the best I could at this point in time ... BUT I am and will be getting faster ... WATCH OUT!!!!!! Last updated: 2010-04-02 12:00 AM
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2010-07-21 2:09 PM in reply to: #2990734 |
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Max Performance
87F / 31C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 26/322
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 1/12
Got up around 5:45, and then I ate a whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and jelly around 6:15, banana at 6:30, and drank bunch of water between the time I got up and race time which was around 8:25 or so ... I also visited the freaking bathroom about 4 times, REALLY????? :)
Hmmmmmm .. somehow I missed the swim warm up, so I really just hopped in the water as they were telling everyone to get out! I spent too long in the freaking bathroom lines!