Subject: RE: Your DOH! moments in triathlon ... My two goofs; At my very first race, I was coming out of T2 and it was blazingly hot that day - like 94. So I thought I'd be proactive in cooling down. I grabbed a cup of water off the table and poured it over my head. Then a slurry of sweat/salt water ran down my face, into my eyes and my mouth. There was nothing I could do to wipe it off and out of my eyes, so I just blinked it out and suffered. At my 3rd race, the swim start was 3/4 mile from Transition (and another 1/4 mile from parking.) I forgot my cap and goggles. With 20 minutes to go, I ran back to the car and got them, then back to the start. Which was an in-water start, 300 meters from shore. Just as I was wading into the lake, the start horn went off. Tired from the run, and with 300 meters to go, my race started. Also, I ended up doing a personal best at that race, and now do a 1.5 mile run to warm up before all my races. |