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Virginia Run Sprint Triathlon
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Virginia Run Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: good swim, passed 3 people. What would you do differently?: Need to concentrate more on relaxed breathing - could have been better, surprised how winded I was. Convinced my heavy breathing was due to not sticking to relaxed tempo breathing.  Transition 1
Comments: Had a little trouble getting my socks on with wet feet and rough gravel in the parking lot/transition area. Took more time trying to control breathing. What would you do differently?: Relax more on the run from the pool to my transition spot, take long deep breaths.  Bike
Comments: Need more hours in the saddle! Passed a few people but got smoked by good number too - most that passed me had some nice race bike (but that is no excuse on my part just a observation). What would you do differently?: Train more on the bike, build up my endurance. Transition 2
Comments: Legs felt like cememt when getting off the bike. Need to do more bricks to get used to that feeling. Drank a couple big gulps of Gatorade. What would you do differently?: The mechanics of the transition were good but having cement legs slowed me down.  Run
Comments: Had cement legs pretty much the entire run. Pleasantly surprised my time was not more based on how slow I felt during the run. What would you do differently?: Need to work on my 5k times, would like to get it under 25 mins (in tri this season) Post race
Warm down: Walked around, stretching. What limited your ability to perform faster: Saddle time, slow runner. Event comments: This was my first race, but I think it was very well run - will do it next year for sure. Last updated: 2011-05-23 12:00 AM
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 2011-05-23 4:58 PM |
Veteran  290  |  Subject: Virginia Run Sprint Triathlon |
| 2011-05-25 8:14 AM in reply to: #3514570 |
Veteran 217 Fairfax, VA | Subject: RE: Virginia Run Sprint Triathlon nice race - and congrats on your first tri! |
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Overall Rank = 91/225
Age Group = 45-50
Age Group Rank = 12/26
Woke up at 4am ate a toasted english muffin with peanut butter, drank a Gatorade. Arrived at the race at 5:10am, transition area opened at 5:15. Setup my spot, took everything in since this was my first tri. Forgot my knee band but luckily I was only 10 minutes from home and had plenty of time before the transition area closed to drove home and picked it up, made it back by 6am. Ate a banana while making sure my spot was all set up.
Light stretching while waiting to enter the pool.