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Comments: I was seeded 401, but placed 270. This shows how badly people predicted their swimming times! Lame lame lame. Including me: I predicted 9:26. If I hadn't been hampered by slow ppl in front of me I think I would have easily swum under 9:00. (So I don't believe the suggested +14s/100 m for adjusting time from a 25 yd to 50 m pool.) What would you do differently?: Seed myself higher. Wear tighter shorts. :)  Transition 1
Comments: Had to run around the outside of the building the pool was in. This was at least 2 min of my time. My only problem was getting my bike shirt over my wet back. I hadn't practiced that b/c I hadn't done any swim-bike bricks. What would you do differently?: I guess a swim-bike brick would have been good.  Bike
Comments: I was not prepared for this course. I thought it was flatter (driving the course is not the same as biking it!) Also, my thighs were really cold- numb even. What would you do differently?: Ride the course ahead of time. Do more biking in my training, especially hills hills hills. Transition 2
What would you do differently?: Nada.  Run
Comments: My legs were jelly for more than a mile! Second mile and finish were strong. First mile was horrendous. My pace was much lower than what I can do, so that was disappointing. But considering my condition at that point, I'm proud that I didn't walk. What would you do differently?: I would change my bricks, to make the bike harder and/or longer. And run more in training, period. Post race
Warm down: Walk around, suck on oranges, stretch. What limited your ability to perform faster: Slow people in the pool, and insufficient preparation in running and bike-run bricks. Plus , it's been pretty hard to train well with my new demanding job! Event comments: The race was fun, the course was beautiful, and it was well-organized. The performance level was higher than other tri's I've done. (Dankin and Mermaid) I don't like the pool swim, though. I prefer open water. Last updated: 2005-10-17 12:00 AM
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 2005-10-17 9:12 AM |
Extreme Veteran  541   Virginny |  Subject: Richmond Sprint Triathlon |
| 2005-10-17 1:51 PM in reply to: #266299 |
| Member 32 | Subject: RE: Richmond Sprint Triathlon I was probably one of those slow people you had to pass. I could easily do 400m in 8 mins in my quiet lap pool, and I swam sooo much slower than that. I didn't like the pool swim, but loved the rest of it! Great job! |
| 2005-10-17 4:50 PM in reply to: #266547 |
Extreme Veteran 541 Virginny | Subject: RE: Richmond Sprint Triathlon Hey, so was that your first tri? Great job to you too! I definitely enjoyed it, but didn't do as well as I thought I could have. Motivation for future training! What are you planning for the spring? I'm new to VA and looking for good races. Yeah, the problem with the pool is that it was pretty much crowded for everyone (except that first guy!) All 4 of us BT-ers had the same comment there. I don't know that it's possible to plan it better, cuz you'll always have people over- and under-estimate. Cheers, Rebecca |
| 2005-10-17 6:53 PM in reply to: #266749 |
| Member 32 | Subject: RE: Richmond Sprint Triathlon Yeah, it was my first! I also didn't do as well as I thought I could have, and I am so excited and can't wait to get a plan together for the spring. It is great to have this new focus! I think we are going to do some of the Set-Up, Inc. races here in NC (schro013 is my husband!), so maybe MAP and Azalea Festival, and then we want to do the White Lake Half in May. I am sure he can do it, but I am not so sure about myself! Where do you live? If you ever want to come down this way for an event, we should try to meet! Bobbi |
| 2005-10-19 8:55 AM in reply to: #266823 |
Extreme Veteran 541 Virginny | Subject: RE: Richmond Sprint Triathlon Ah cool! What is the White lake Half? Half what? I am local to Richmond. (and new to the east coast) so I'm looking for races for next season! -Rebecca |
| 2005-10-19 3:45 PM in reply to: #268020 |
| Member 32 | Subject: RE: Richmond Sprint Triathlon White Lake Half Ironman, it's a big goal for such a short time, I know, but we'll see how it goes. I don't know alot about the virginia races, but if you look at www.set-upinc.com, they have a Virginia series as well as the N & S Carolina ones. They are supposedly pretty well organized races. |
| 2005-10-21 7:30 PM in reply to: #266299 |
Master 1932  Savannah, | Subject: RE: Richmond Sprint Triathlon Wow-great swim....bike portion sounds tough. |
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Sunny
Overall Rank = 466/499
Age Group = 31-35
Age Group Rank = 40/41
Get up at 5 am. Breakfast, tea, head for the race site. Set up transition, get body marked. Had time to kill. Prayed with Richard. Warmed up. Waited. Stood in line to wait for my turn to start (some 40 minutes).
swam 100 m in the pool, counted strokes, practiced turns and exiting. Stretched while waiting.