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Comments: I felt really good about my performance in this swim!! Since my first race was such a disaster for me on the swim (20 minutes for 600 meters, with a run up to transition), I lined up in the back left side of my wave. With my issues with open water seemingly resolved, I was able to do freestyle the entire race (Goal #1 accomplished). The only problem was I think I actually lined up to far back now and I was having a hard time fighting past people to move faster. What would you do differently?: Line up a little closer to the front. Start out a little faster and then settle into my pace. Practice rounding buoys.  Transition 1
Comments: Good improvement here over last TI time (2:25). I tried to dry off more last time, but I just rinsed off my feet in my water, wiped off feet, put on socks and shoes and left. What would you do differently?: Figure out how I'm going to remove bike without transition stuff getting in the way.  Bike
Comments: I have GOT to get a road bike! I lost way to many places on this leg, but I am convinced a lot of this is my big heavy bike compared to the many beautiful road bikes - although I will admit I also need to work on the bike more. I actually passed a few people this race and there were always people within sight - so that was nice compared to last race. If it was a 13 mile race, as I think it was, then I gained 1 MPH over last race - yeah! :) What would you do differently?: Get a new bike. Work on hills more. I forgot to grab my gel in T1, so I wish I had had that for the bike leg. Transition 2
Comments: When I came back in to T2, the rack was pretty full and there wasn't really space for my bike anymore - GRR. It took some work to get my bike back on the rack, which is why this transition wasn't as fast as my last race. What would you do differently?: Not sure how I can control where other people put their bikes in T2?  Run
Comments: This was much slower than I would have liked, but it was getting hot and very humid. The hills seemed much larger than they probably were and I was tired! :) Okay, I should focus on my running more and I know it - lesson learned! What would you do differently?: Run faster. :) Post race
Warm down: The cool water coming out of the finish line arch was wonderful! :) Drank some water, stretched and tried to eat a little. I can never eat after a race, but I tried to eat some, because I knew it would be a while before I'd get another chance to eat. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of a road bike, lack of run training. Event comments: I thought this was a very well organized race with LOTS of very friendly volunteers. We even got race medals at the finish line that volunteers put on our neck - that was an unexpected treat! :) The race Tshirt is actually cute and cut for a woman - this is a great thing about a woman's race to me. The shirts never fit me right in normal races, so that's definately a plus! Last updated: 2005-08-15 12:00 AM
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 2005-08-15 12:38 PM |
Expert  882    Marietta, GA |  Subject: Acworth Women's Sprint Triathlon |
| 2005-08-15 12:43 PM in reply to: #225575 |
Queen BTich 12411  , | Subject: RE: Acworth Women's Sprint Triathlon Great job Heather! I'm so glad to see how much you've improved over the past couple months on your swim. WAY TO GO!! |
| 2005-08-15 1:24 PM in reply to: #225575 |
Veteran 290 Arlington Heights, IL | Subject: RE: Acworth Women's Sprint Triathlon Wow, this sounds like it was a nice race. I like the women's only races. They seem to be less competitive and more about the experience. Great job on the swim! I envy your time! |
| 2005-08-15 1:39 PM in reply to: #225575 |
Veteran 199 Smyrna | Subject: RE: Acworth Women's Sprint Triathlon Great job on the race, Heather! Glad to see that you were able to hit your swim goal time. Funny about the waffle and peanut butter from the crackers. I don't think that I would have been that inventive. Hope that one of our races actually match up over the next few months. Rebecca |
| 2005-08-15 1:43 PM in reply to: #225575 |
New user 8 Georgia | Subject: RE: Acworth Women's Sprint Triathlon Hey Heather, Small world, but I finished 16 seconds ahead of you. We must have seen each other at some point. I'd be happy to run with you for the next race you want to do. Flydi (aka Diane) |
| 2005-08-16 7:29 AM in reply to: #225575 |
Expert 882 Marietta, GA | Subject: RE: Acworth Women's Sprint Triathlon Thanks for all the encouragement on my race, I really appreciate it! I feel like I have come a long way, especially in the swim area, but I still have a lot of things to work on. Haley - is that picture what I think it is in your avatar?  Rebecca - I hope to see you at race sometime soon too - I can't believe I always pick the opposite races of everyone else - although I did see Ron at this past race (it was his wife's first tri, I think) Diane - I can't believe that you were just in front of me, are you doing the Callaway Tri on Sept 4th? |
| 2005-08-16 8:01 PM in reply to: #226159 |
New user 8 Georgia | Subject: RE: Acworth Women's Sprint Triathlon Hey there - no I am not, although I did consider it. Instead I am flying out to Oregon to run the Aluminum Man with my good friend. That's gonna be a cold freaken swim! I am just getting started in this sport, would love to learn more about groups of folks in Atlanta who workout together. Do you know of anything like this? thanks! Di |
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Had packed my transition bag and loaded the bike on the car the night before. I thought I had everything ready, but never checked that we had any peanut butter for my customary breakfast. So, I had to be a little creative. I had a dry whole wheat waffle and picked up PB crackers from a gas station on the way and ate just the PB. :) It seemed to work pretty well as a substitute.
Got in the water and swam to one of the buoys and back - probably 75 meters? - just to make sure I would be okay in the lake this time. Felt pretty good, except that I could feel my heartrate go up a little higher than I would like. Light stretching while waiting for my wave to start.