The Indiana Downs Triathlon
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The Indiana Downs Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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What would you do differently?: Not really a whole lot, maybe try to get behind someone that I could draft longer. There were just a lot of bodies out there. Transition 1
Comments: Transistion area started 30 yeards from the lake. There were a WHOLE lot of people going through while I was heading there. You had to cross the dirt of the track. I hit the area, grabbed my towel dried off feet got my socks on and then shoes. Grabbed my shirt it went on better this time, short sleves. Got my helmet and glasses and headed out. I was able to run with the bike, jumped on it but took a second once I got on the get clicked in. What would you do differently?: Not much, did better this time. I still need to practice some, but getting a tri top (on order) will help. Bike
What would you do differently?: Ride more in aero position, just didn't feel like I could stay there. I need more time riding I think. Transition 2
Comments: Hopped off the bike, crossed the mat ran and racked the bike. Grabbed my shoes, which felt wet, put them on and took off. What would you do differently?: Not much. Run
Comments: I was really attempting to not walk this time, was trying to keep my pace slow enough that I felt like I could run the whole way. I ended up walking some, because I whimmed out. I started out pretty fast but then I saw how fast and made myself SLOW down. I think I was on 8-9 minute mile pace, I knew I could not handle that for long. I felt pretty good in the first mmile, legs were not too dead from the bike. I had a gel at mile 8-9 on the bike, so I was still getting the juice from that. Passed my brother coming back just prior to the mile marker, saw him and pretty much knew there was no way I was going to catch him. That was a pretty hard blow for me. He had spotted me 10 minutes and I knew it was going to be tough. I figure if I had passed him just beyond the mile marker it would be close. But I knew I had 20 minutes to go and there was no way I could make that much time up. I hit the mile marker got some water and walked a short way. I started running again, just running and walking to keep my self going. I was pretty much zapped, saw the up hill just did the best I could. Got to the turn around and headed back. Hit the one mile stand again and was jogging a little more, walking and jogging. Fell into a pace with someone else for a bit, then let them go ahaed. Then I fell into a pace with someone else, about 1/2 mile to go I picked it up. Dropped the 2 that I was running with, and was trying to catch one person. I missed catching them by about 50 feet at the end. I think if I had started just a little sooner I would have caught them. Had a negative split on the final mile, not bad. What would you do differently?: Run more, more bricks Post race
Warm down: Walked around getting something to eat. Cheered a few more finishers in. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not working hard enough in some of my training. Being 15 pounds over weight (still working on that). I am doing better, the swim and run are the areas that are hurting me most. Event comments: They did have the awards ceremony afterwards but the annoucner rushed it and you could hardly hear him. The people at the race did not seem any too friendly and not too many racers were cheering for the final finishers. Last updated: 2006-05-15 12:00 AM
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Woke up about 5:00 AM and could not get my mind to shut back down so I could sleep. So I laid there for an hour worrying about the swim part of the tri. After the first one I was pretty worried about this swim. After an hour my brother's watch went off, and we both got up. I think he had been awake as well just not sure how long.
We got dressed in our race gear, went down to the hotel breakfast area and grabbed something to eat. I had 2 small orange juices and 2 muffins.
We packed up the gear and headed over to the race site. Got our numbers and set up our transistion area. Stood around talking some, mainly to each other some to others in the area. We had an hour until the pre race meeting, so we both took a short ride and stretched our legs.
I took about a 5 minute ride prior to the race, mainly to see how my legs were feeling. Stretched a little and talked to a few folks.