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Sand Key Triathlon - Swim


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Clearwater, Florida
United States
TRI THIS, INC.
Total Time = 12m 20s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

This was my first relay. Arrived early, found Jess and Sue and met our runner. hanging out, getting checked in. Liquid nourishment b/c I get the butterflies before races and can't eat.
Event warmup:

swimming out around the water, waves are high at the break.
Swim
  • 12m 20s
  • 880 yards
  • 01m 24s / 100 yards
Comments:

did great sighting wise this time. I started front and wide right. nice since the current was coming in towards the left. Everyone was bunched up on the left. I saw an orange cap in front of me and gave chase, caught her and beat her. Then I just sprinted all out to the T area screaming "SUE!" I probably scared/embarassed her....
What would you do differently?:

uh, not much. Bring a cooler with water and cokes- had to stop at store I was dozing off on the ride home b/c of lousy fountain drink from Hess station. Nasty!!
Post race
Warm down:

walked around watching sue take off and listen to one of the relay guys trash talk a 10 year old relay member waiting for his run. It was all in good fun. He got his payback when he couldn't find the run out andhad to double back through the transistion area!

Event comments:

I didnt' get to see the courses, but I saw the run out was on sand and happy I didn't have to do the whole shebang. Run back to T was long. I just stayed to the end of the rope where the sand was packed. Little bridge I had to slow down on for fear of slipping. Broke my momentum.




Last updated: 2005-09-25 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:12:20 | 880 yards | 01m 24s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Suit:
Course: straight shot parallel to shore. Plus a LOT of shells to walk over- ow! ow! ow! rough at the shore, so they made it a deep water start at the first buoy.
Start type: Plus:
Water temp: 0F / 0C Current: Low
200M Perf. Remainder:
Breathing: Drafting: Average
Waves: Navigation:
Rounding:
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]

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2005-09-25 4:57 PM

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Wife, Mother, Friend.
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Subject: Sand Key Triathlon

oh, I forgot to mention there was this 50 year old chick who looked freakishly sooo much like Renee I was staring at her trying to figure out if it was her or not!!  Same trisuit, blue shebeest, same haircut, same facial features, even Sue agreed with me.   Hey, Renee, you a tri twin?? :)



Edited by Lucy 2005-09-25 4:59 PM



2005-09-25 5:30 PM
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You did SOOOO AWESOME TODAY on the swim WOOHOOO..she did look like Renee.  I swear I did like 5 double takes...working on rest, ice, elevation and pictures

2005-09-25 5:33 PM
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Whoa, nice race Christine...relays are wicked fun. There's no pressure, you can blame it all on the other 2.......LOL!!

2005-09-25 6:51 PM
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Congratulations to you and your team!  Great report!

Diane

2005-09-25 10:14 PM
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Awesome swim Christine!!   You are a FISH!!
2005-09-28 2:28 AM
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Terrific swim time Christine!  Way to go.

Sharon



2005-09-28 10:27 AM
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Subject: RE: Sand Key Triathlon

Christine, freaking awesome swim you had!

50?! Well, it's my goal to get there eventually but don't accelerate it for me! BTW, have a new tritop - it's Sheebest PINK. I do need to get my ass into a tri. Suncoast Tri? October 29.

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