Strawberry Fields Triathlon - Olympic Course
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Strawberry Fields Triathlon - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic
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Swim
Comments: My swim was horrible. I literally could not find my rhythm. I got kicked in the face a few times, and it got me a bit flustered. My stroke was really off. All the more reason to swim A LOT more. What would you do differently?: RELAX, and just swim Transition 1
Comments: It was a LONG sand run into T1. My legs were tired by the end of the sand run. What would you do differently?: I need to learn how to mount onto the bike with shoes clipped in. I could do it with my trivents, but have a lot of trouble with the sworks shoes Bike
Comments: I sold my cervelo a few weeks ago and so I had to use my road bike. It made a huge difference. I love my road bike, but for racing, not the best in getting into a good position. I know for sure I could have gone a lot faster with a tt bike. And I'm pretty sure the bike course is shorter than stated because I think I ended up going only 20 mph for the entire bike portion. What would you do differently?: More climbing, more intervals and more time in the saddle. And use a tt bike. Transition 2
Comments: I left my nutrition in my shoes and I completely forgot about them when I put my shoes on. FAIL. So I had to take my shoes off and take everything out again and put them on. It probably took 15-20 secs off What would you do differently?: to not lose focus. Run
Comments: I felt pretty good the first 3 miles. Took in Gel before and I was probably going low 7s. And then I just got really tired. My quads started to tighten up a little bit but I just kept chucking along. My run fitness was definitely not up to par with the lack of training. What would you do differently?: Gotta keep running, put more miles in. Post race
Warm down: Saw the gf, and one of my buddies raced and came in 6th in his ag. Got some strawberries, packed up, and made my way home to escape the traffic What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of run fitness and weight Event comments: This race was a tester for me. Last 2 weeks have been crazy. Couldn't get in a good chunk of training. I was even considering scratching the race because the drive was far away, and I didn't want to wake up early. I knew this wasn't going to be my best race, but considering how busy things have been and the lack of training, I'll take it. So I am definitely not in race shape, but it's just all the more a good reminder to be really consistent in the training from here onto IMAZ. Last updated: 2011-07-09 12:00 AM
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2011-07-18 5:36 PM in reply to: #3602577 |
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II had a wedding the night before, saw partied it up, came back home to pack, and slept at midnight to wake up at 3 to drive to Oxnard.
Got into the water and swam around a little bit. Water felt really cold.