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Comments: Sucked at the beginning. Cool water (~68F) didn't bother me, but choked on salt water big times when people are around. Spent the first 1/3 of the course breast-stroking, head-up most of the time. Panic mode on. WTF? Swimming is my strength, and I grew up swimming in the sea! Mad at myself. after some 6 min, did the first turn, started to free-style. Felt better. Free-styled all the way to end. 2 discoveries: I can breast-stroke faster than some free-stylers. The Boston Harbor is much cleaner than I thought. What would you do differently?: GET OVER THAT PANIC THING AND SWIM FREE-STYLE ALL THE WAY!! So Mad. I guess I'll have to test drive the water before racing next time. Jorge said it helps big time.  Transition 1
Comments: At the end of swim, we got pulled out of water by volunteers at the pier, ran back into WTC. Much better transition than last race, considered I have a wetsuit on this time. Distance from swim end to TA is shorter with carpeted floor in the WTC. Bikes more spread out. No sand on feet so it was easy wiped off. Put everything on in sequence: bike shorts/socks/shoes/race belt/helmet/sunglasses. Took a few second to hydrate myself. Unracked bike easily. What would you do differently?: In the future if I still race with wetsuit, I hope to take it off even quicker. Good for first time.  Bike
Comments: Instrument failure here. My CatEye bike computer wasn't working, so I had no idea of my cadence and speed. Checked all bike components yesterday but forgot about the electronic stuff. Passed a few people. Got passed by tons of others. Didn't drink at all on the bike. What would you do differently?: Check all bike stuffs, mechanical and electronic. Transition 2
Comments: Biked with running shoes so there is no change of shoes needed. Threw down my helmet, grabbed the baseball cap and ran while putting it on. What would you do differently?: Nothing  Run
Comments: Managed to run the whole course! Though slow. Edit: Fuxked up. Lost track and didn't realized it was a 2-loops course. DISQUALIFIED! What would you do differently?: Run faster. Will work on it this during off season. Post race
Warm down: Walked around, stretching calves and thigh while on the phone with parents. Watched the pro women start. Wiped down myself with those no-rinse wipes, and changed into clean clothes. kept myself moving by taking bike back to car. Drank more water and finished gatorade. walked around more, talked to people. What limited your ability to perform faster: Still relatively new to the sport. This is my 2nd race. Event comments: Good race overall. My chest strap of the HRM re-appeared.... though I had lost it at the Y, but turned out it was in my tri back pack. I messed up.... I DNF'd :( Profile Album Last updated: 2005-08-25 12:00 AM
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 2005-09-04 12:28 PM |
Pro  4612    MA |  Subject: The Boston Triathlon |
| 2005-09-04 12:38 PM in reply to: #240452 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon Nice race!! You overcame your initial blip in the water and freestyled home well...great mental toughness...think of all you are learning...watch out next year. Wow your breaststroke is faster than lots of people's freestyle...looks like you'll be flying through the water in your tris! Great job of running the whole way...passing people on the bike.!! Nice time....congrats on your second tri!! Any more this year? I'm doing Try the Tri in Bristol RI on the 17th...short easy no hills course with less than 200 people...maybe you can do it too!! Cool your HRM strap showed up!! |
| 2005-09-04 2:08 PM in reply to: #240452 |
Champion 8766  Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon Absolutely FABULOUS race! I can't believe Boston Harbor is cleaner than you think it is...I would think it was filthy! Don't worry about the initial panic...that can happen in a race with so many people. NO drinking on the bike? Shame on you! HYDRATE! Can't wait to see the official results so we know how you faired! |
| 2005-09-04 2:25 PM in reply to: #240452 |
Champion 7704 Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon Nice race and fantastic time...gld you had a great time -SMO |
| 2005-09-04 3:31 PM in reply to: #240452 |
Coach 10487 Boston, MA | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon CONGRATS! It was a fun race and it was very nice seeing you. BTW, about the swim, it happens to all of us. (Last year I almost quit during the swim). Also, don't worry about speed, for your 1st year you are doing awesome (you are beating friends who had been racing for a few years). If you are done for the season, take a few easy weeks with light training as a resting period and then you can start planning your next year. We can talk more about it later but you should work on developing your aerobic engine and the speed will come GREAT JOB! ps. I couldn't find you on the results |
 2005-09-04 3:31 PM in reply to: #240452 |
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| 2005-09-04 4:46 PM in reply to: #240452 |
| Extreme Veteran 586 Waterboro, Maine | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon Awesome race! Very proud of you. I hear ya on the swim! I freestyled teh whole way in my race and only kept pace with some breaststrokers. |
| 2005-09-04 6:50 PM in reply to: #240452 |
| Veteran 280 Salem, MA | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon 1:17:49 -- are you kidding me?! You're gonna turn pro on us! Great race. Very impressive. Don't worry about the swim start -- I have a feeling it takes a bunch of those starts before it begins to feel relatively normal. Other than that - great job on the run, and on the bike too -- lack of computer doesn't seem to have hurt your speed. You must be in a natural groove. I'm so glad it went well! |
| 2005-09-04 8:27 PM in reply to: #240452 |
| Pro 4612 MA | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon I messed up my run!!! Place Div/Tot Div Name Age S City/state Bib# Rank Swim Rank Bike/tr Rank Run Time Penalty 672 48/49 F3034 DENISE KWOK 31 F ARLINGTON MA 422 458 17:27 535 43:56 It was supposed to be a 2-loop. I followed the fast crowd and go so excited to see the finish line and went straight ahead.... Argh! I so hate myself! Edited by Celeb_ithil 2005-09-04 8:51 PM |
| 2005-09-04 8:51 PM in reply to: #240452 |
| Master 2136 A Prairie Home | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon Nice race!! I too need to learn to drink while I drive, um, I mean, bike. Edited by Denise2003 2005-09-04 9:08 PM |
| 2005-09-04 9:21 PM in reply to: #240452 |
| Extreme Veteran 562 | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon Good job keeping on in the water! I did some back stroke in my first race earlier this year..I think almost all of us have had that experience one time or another! You'll know to do both loops of the run next year, eh?  |
| 2005-09-05 8:06 AM in reply to: #240452 |
| Extreme Veteran 586 Waterboro, Maine | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon Dissapointing that you missed the running loop. Chalk it up to inexperience, and you will do better next time. Still, you were doing awesome up to that point. You got a great workout and had fun, it cannot get much better! (well, ....) |
| 2005-09-05 8:27 PM in reply to: #240452 |
Master 1946 Bronze member | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon Agree with all said- you did well- and yes, you missed out for the run- but chalk it up to a "learning experience" - The swim alone would freak out LOTS of people - good for you for doing this race as only your 2nd tri ! |
| 2005-09-12 8:48 PM in reply to: #240639 |
| Extreme Veteran 456 Western Massachusetts | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon Celeb_ithil - 2005-09-04 9:27 PM I messed up my run!!! Place Div/Tot Div Name Age S City/state Bib# Rank Swim Rank Bike/tr Rank Run Time Penalty 672 48/49 F3034 DENISE KWOK 31 F ARLINGTON MA 422 458 17:27 535 43:56 It was supposed to be a 2-loop. I followed the fast crowd and go so excited to see the finish line and went straight ahead.... Argh! I so hate myself! A bad day at a triathlon is still better than a good day nearly anywhere else. So you messed up. So what? You trained, you showed up, you moved your body over and over again until you passed the finish line. Looks like a good day to me! |
| 2005-09-14 10:48 AM in reply to: #240452 |
| Expert 702 Manchester, NH | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon Hey, great job! I am with you on the run - I came SO close to missing the second loop as well. Fortunately, I had my lap timer on my watch so I knew there was no way I was done. Otherwise, I would have done the same thing. Keep at it!! |
| 2005-10-14 5:35 PM in reply to: #240452 |
| Regular 55 Lethbridge, Alberta | Subject: RE: The Boston Triathlon ...noticed your post, and was heartened that you had the exact same swim problem I had in my first tri. I thought my swim would be the easiest, and 200m in, I started hyper-ventilating with all of the chaos in the start and did breast stroke the rest of the way - still ended up 27th out of 98 out of the water, but, lesson learned for me! Relax... Anway- good luck in the future.. and by the way, I visited Boston for the first time last year during the world series - beautiful city, great bars |
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Woke up at 4:45 am, got ready, had PBJ/water/coffee as breakfast. On my way to race site, sipped on gatorade. Bike was racked at TA yesterday, inside the WTC of Boston (they have security there). Set up TA. Wide space. Munched on 1/2 a balance bar, sipped more gatorade.
Saw Jorge (Amiine) at TA. Can't believe he decided to race, when yesterday he was still sticking with his coach's idea of resting. Chatted with him a little. Also saw Jim, a TriFury guy with whom I do OW swim a few times. He helped me in practicing getting out of a wetsuit the past Friday.
Ran back and forth TA and my car. Discovered that I forgot my slippers. No big deal. Not gonna affect my race :)
Didn't have a chance to warm up in the water.