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Comments: Totally crappy swim. Never got comfortable. Struggles the entire way. Don't know why but my heart rate/respiration was elevated the entire way. Had to use breast stroke for a major portion of the distance just to stay moving. Crawl was too stressful. What would you do differently?: No oepn water swims this time of year in Wa.State, so I had no practice in my wetsuit. I need open water swim practice in the suit and I especially need better conditioning and workouts under stress.  Transition 1
Comments: A little slow. My wet suit got stuck and then pulled off my timing chip. I tried to put it back on but I had it backwards. Ugh. Finally got it. What would you do differently?: I usually tape my timing chip....will do next time.  Bike
Comments: Paced myself well on bike as I was worried about blowing up on the run due to the heat. Had a very solid ride and enjoyed the course. Ate gels and drank as needed. What would you do differently?: Perhaps a little harder push, but this might have hurt my run. Transition 2
Comments: A little weak on the transition, but I got in and out in reasonable time. No issues  Run
Comments: Very hot. Not used to running in the sun but did OK and basically cranked out a steady run despite the heat. What would you do differently?: DK Post race
Warm down: Walked around. Stood in lake to cool legs after race. NICE! What limited your ability to perform faster: Inconsistent training. Need more swimming under stress, more race pace running and biking. Event comments: A very race with very solid competition. A great incentive to keep the training up over the winter. I will do it again if possible. Last updated: 2012-02-15 12:00 AM
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 2012-03-05 12:32 PM |
Regular  1126    East Wenatchee, Washington |  Subject: Desert International Triathlon |
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Klein | Clark Sports
67F / 19C
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Overall Rank = 199/767
Age Group = 55-59
Age Group Rank = 6/24
Got up at 5:00. Already packed, so just loaded stuff in the car and hit the road from the hotel at 5:15. Stopped at Starbucks for Oatmeal and a coffee. Got to the race location by 5:45. I would not have wanted to arrive any later as the close parking lot was already nearly full. As it was, I was about the 5th or 6th person on the rack, which was fine for set up purposes. At my oatmeal, banana, half-bagel about two hours from my group start. Ate a gel 20 minutes from race start.
Very little. Felt sluggish. Cold. Ran a bit, got in the water, but that was it. Totally insufficient and I need to do more in the future. But I just wasn't feeling good.