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Craven-Genki Triathlon at Pike lake - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: This was one of my slowest swims. My sighting was terrible, but it was not because of lack of buoys. Ugh. Lack of swim practice and speed drills left me very flat on this swim. Not finding someone to draft off of didn't help. What would you do differently?: I need to swim longer in the pool and do more speed drills.  Transition 1
Comments: Because of the honking big timing chip, this was the first time I had trouble getting my wetsuit off. I was dizzy coming out of the swim and had an extremely difficult time getting my wetsuit off. I almost pulled a muscle doing so. The big timing chips are not liked. Helmet, glasses and race belt went on quick, though. What would you do differently?: Ask that we go back to smaller timing chips that work as well under the wetsuit.  Bike
Comments: I worked too hard on this bike. I felt slow. I haven't had the kind of bike training time due to my Scottish trip, so I figured I'd be a bit slow this year. What would you do differently?: Get more bike training in. Transition 2
Comments: I got my shoes on a little slower than normal, but they are relatively new and I just put the speed laces on. Otherwise, I felt that this was a really quick transition for me. What would you do differently?: Practice with the shoes a bit. Practice taking off bike shoes or learn to do it on the bike. I may ask one of the Junior elites to practice this with me.  Run
Comments: This is where my Scottish Run Across the Highland really helped. This run was less work than any other year. My interval training and high volume through Scotland, not to mention the hills there, left me with extremely good run strength. My last lap I had to calm myself down a couple of times because I could tell that I was strong in 2nd place for the Women's Overall. I didn't put on a huge burst of speed for the end of the run because there was no one behind me, and I already knew I wasn't going to catch up with the first women. I took it at a good pace, not too easy, but was able to enjoy the run and the people cheering me on. What would you do differently?: Nothing, except go to Scotland every year to run across the country! Or Wales, as my runs there were particularly hilly and hard. Post race
Warm down: I stood around and talked to a lot of people post-race and waited for all my friends to finish. When Crystal got in, we stood in the lake to cool our legs a bit, then we showered. What limited your ability to perform faster: I should have done longer swims and bikes and more speed training in those areas. Ask STAC to never use those stupid large timing chips again. Event comments: Finishing 1st in my age group and 2nd Female Overall for the Standard Distance made this a very special event for me. The organization was fantastic and the race package jerseys totally rocked!!! The volunteers were fantastic, and I tried to say thank you to every volunteer I passed. I could hear a lot of people cheering me on, and I think there were a lot of JTI women out there as well. These cheers really gave me a great boost. Profile Album Last updated: 2011-06-22 12:00 AM
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 2011-06-22 9:59 PM |
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| 2011-06-23 4:25 PM in reply to: #3563067 |
| Subject: RE: Craven-Genki Triathlon at Pike lake Fantastic job! I have heard a couple of people complain about their slow swims at this race, even though the swim course was apparently the proper distance this year. Maybe the "currents" (if Pike Lake has such things) affected you and others? I think we had gigantic timing chips at GWN last year, so you may encounter them again! I and a couple of others tried taking off the chip before taking off the wetsuit, which worked well, except that I forgot to put the chip back on. So you might want to practice to figure out something that will work. Your bike time typically includes both T1 and T2, so you were definitely rocking on the bike. I'd hate (love) to see how fast you would be if you had trained for that! And the run... well, just wow. Love the comment about training every year in Wales! This was a qualifier race for worlds, right? Top in your age category... are you going to go? |
| 2011-06-23 4:25 PM in reply to: #3563067 |
| Subject: RE: Craven-Genki Triathlon at Pike lake |
| 2011-06-23 4:25 PM in reply to: #3563067 |
| Subject: RE: Craven-Genki Triathlon at Pike lake |
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Overall Rank = 26/103
Age Group = 40-49
Age Group Rank = 1/14
Breakfast - I don't even remember. I just know that I didn't have yoghurt because that can be stomach trouble for me in a race. I did have my morning Iced Capp. I was up early, but relaxed in bed for a bit.
I actually had to do a bit of a warm up on the bike, since I'd never used my race wheels. I ran out of time and good weather to try them out. I know, I know...never use brand new equipment on race day. Well, I placed 2nd in Women's Overall at Provincials, so I guess I got lucky mechanically (not that there is anything to do with luck with my great bike mechanic). I warmed up a tiny bit before the swim.