Surf & Turf Aquathon
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Surf & Turf Aquathon - Biathlon (swim/run)
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Comments: First, I'm slow so let's just get that out of the way. And I'm also not the best with open water mass starts. Nonetheless, I didn't doo too badly with the start here. In the Galena tri I tried to go hard at first and hang with the faster people, which only proved to be a bad idea. Here, I just went out nice and easy, possibly too easy, so I could get into a rhythm early. Although the rhythm didn't happen right away, I didn't feel terrible either. I probably only sighted 2 or 3 times on the way to the first buoy and just followed feet and bounced around between packs of people. Figured I'd let them look into the sun. After that buoy I realized that for any longer distance swim, I'm going to eventually quit breathing bilaterally and commit to one side, so I just started breathing to one side. The only problem with that is if I don't sight better, I wander off course and at one point I was probably about 20-25 yards too far to the inside. This happened a couple other times as well. Made my adjustment, got back on course, and after going around the second buoy, I must have cut someone off or something, because all I heard was "learn how to f@!#ing navigate better." Whatever. If you can't take a couple people running into you in an open water swim, you're in the wrong sport. At any rate, I was finally in a rhythm and got beyond wishing I had only signed up for the 750m swim. The second lap was better. I was already in a decent rhythm and the buoys seemed to come faster. One of the things I realized was that I don't swim the same in open water. I think that after I sight, I don't put my head all the way back in the water so I'm looking up a little bit, which slows me down. I corrected that a little bit, but not consistently so it's something to work on. Near the end, after rounding the last buoy, I tried going hard to the shore, but that didn't last. I didn't have a whole lot in me at that point. What would you do differently?: Need to sight better and correct my position in the water. Transition 1
Comments: Got out of the water and talked to Ocky who was standing there waiting for Shannon. Then I realized I should tell the timers I'm not doing the run. Run
Comments: No run for me. Knee issues instead. Post race
Warm down: Hung out and had a couple beers while freezing my butt off. Last updated: 2006-03-14 12:00 AM
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Showed up a little bit late because of traffic so I didn't really have a pre-race routine for this one. It was basically get there, register, throw my stuff down, and get my wetsuit on.
Talked with Mark, Adam, Stacie, Matt, Julia, and Dan and got in the water to wait for the countdown.