Tri the Parks - St. George Island State Park
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Tri the Parks - St. George Island State Park - Duathlon
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Comments: I knew it was going to be as soon as I found out we were running on the beach. Like I said, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Once you got off the race course toward the transition, you were running in really soft sand, uphill over this berm. It was terrible. What would you do differently?: Train better? Transition 1
Comments: I was so blown out physically from the run, I just had to walk to my bike. I was breathing so hard, I couldn't get a sip of water in. What would you do differently?: I guess pace myself a little better on the run. That way I would have more energy for the transition? I don't know, it was just bad. Bike
Comments: The drinking thing was a little tough. I have one of those waterbottles that goes between the aero bars. The straw is huge and everytime I sucked some water through it, it would go into my sinuses...or something. Transition 2
Comments: I opted to run with the bike shoes on. My transition area was pretty close so I just unhooked. What would you do differently?: Nothing Run
Comments: This was the WORST. I felt like I was running so slow that I was going backwards. I did walk some of the way, I have a hard time drinking water and running at the same time, so I had to walk to do that. I ended up skipping the last water station because of that. I had to stop at mile 2 to get something out of my shoe. Really it was not a great effort on the sand. What would you do differently?: I was very disappointed with the run. At the time of the race, I just wanted to finish and was at a point where I didn't care what place I finished. What I would do differently would be to prepare better. I haven't been running as much this past month...and really wasn't running a whole lot before...so I guess I would just train more, lose some weight, and not be so weak mentally. Post race
Warm down: Drank a whole bottle of water, and dumped 2 lbs of sand out of my shoes. What limited your ability to perform faster: A beach full of sand. Event comments: The race started later because of the change and weather. I guess I am happy since I did receive a medal for 1st in the Athena division..even though there were only a few competitors...I finished like a minute or less in front of the 2nd place Athena. So I am happy that I at least accomplished that. It would be nice to know who your competitors are. I was picking out other women who I thought might weigh more than me and trying to beat them. Last updated: 2006-04-10 12:00 AM
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Age Group = Athena
Age Group Rank = 1/3
I ate one of those Snicker's marathon bars for breakfast and a diet coke. I was really excited about the race so I didn't sleep well.
I didn't really warm up too much. I know you are supposed to, but I didn't have that much time.