Falling Springs Heart and Sole Triathlon
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Falling Springs Heart and Sole Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: Thought I would create a nice steady pace. After first lap, I caught a swimmer. Had trouble passing her. Rather large lady. Because they mistakenly had me in the duathlon instead of the tri, I had to start at the back. I had to pass all sorts of people and that made for a difficult swim. What would you do differently?: Before the race day came, I would double check that I was registered correctly if possible. I would push it a little bit more as well. (I did freestyle it the whole way, which was good.) Transition 1
Comments: Had trouble with my underarmor (Walmart brand) and some other difficulties with transition. Put shoes on feet instead of doing it on the bike. I like doing it on the bike better. What would you do differently?: Leave shoes on bike and put feet into shoes after getting onto bike. Try something different with shirt. Not have so much junk in my transition area. Bike
Comments: Most difficult part of the race with the most problems. I assume that the fog caused condensation and therefore, my gear shifting problem. That was very frustrating. Then I had my handlebars too loose. Couldn't pump standing up and that cost me a lot. Bumps caused me to more forward with the bars and I just couldn't get it going very well. What would you do differently?: Make sure bike is ready to race. I took it to the shop for a tune-up but I should check everything too. Transition 2
Comments: Feeling frustrated didn't help. Got a drink and hit the run course. Very little problems. What would you do differently?: Not much. Run
Comments: Calves were spasming bad. Stopped to stretch. Didn't help. Still not pumped up so took the run at moderate pace. Passed several people but didn't feel like I ran it very well. What would you do differently?: Try harder! Post race
Warm down: Not much. Ate and drank. Hung out with other racers. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of motivation and machinery problems. Hard to compete after visiting a person who had just gotten hit by a train. Last updated: 2006-04-26 12:00 AM
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2006-04-26 1:04 PM |
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Falling Springs Arts and Recreation Center
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Got up. Ate a banana and power bar with some gatorade. Got things together and drove through fog to the race. Would have gone to bed earlier, but a member of my church was hit by a train and I spent the evening at the hospital.
I did very little warmup. Not very motivated. Set up my transition area. Mingled. Rode my bike down the path and back. Did a few laps in the pool. Not even feeling nervous until the race began. It was delayed 15 minutes because of the fog.