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Comments: I was really nervous about the swim. I haven't spent much time in the pool lately, so my goal here was just to make it through. I was getting kicked and pulled on a lot and ended up swallowing water. When I swam freestyle, I followed the rope on my right instead of using my usual bilateral breathing. I switched to breast stroke for part of the swim when I got nervous. What would you do differently?: Swim more :(  Transition 1
Comments: I couldn't get my left sock on easily. Maybe next time I will try it without socks. I also took a couple of extra seconds to wave and yell to my daughter, who was cheering from the sidelines. I liked the tricks that Brenda showed me- put helmet on bike handles upside-down with sunglasses upside-down too. I think I'll continue to do that. What would you do differently?: No socks? I should maybe learn to do the flying mount too.  Bike
Comments: I felt good on the bike. I didn't make any major mistakes. What would you do differently?: Probably nothing. Transition 2
Comments: I got everything done quickly. I put my race number belt on while running, like Brenda suggested. It worked well. What would you do differently?: Get a quick drink.  Run
Comments: I knew I was in trouble as soon as I started the run. My stomach cramped up right away and didn't let up the entire time. I got water at every water station to get something on my stomach. It would help for a very short period but not much. I'm proud that I kept running through it, but I hate how slow I was. It made me smile when Keira yelled, "Run faster, Mommy" at the end. What would you do differently?: Eat something small before the race. I'm sure I was out of fuel, which caused my cramping. Post race
Warm down: None really. I went and talked to my husband and kids. I ate a bunch too. What limited your ability to perform faster: No breakfast. Also, I need to do more open water swim practices and more brick workouts. Event comments: Regardless of my race time, I had a lot of fun. It was a good race, and I hope to be able to do it again next year (and beat my time). At least I have a baseline now! Profile Album Last updated: 2012-06-23 12:00 AM
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 2012-06-23 2:11 PM |
Veteran  201  Huntertown, IN |  Subject: Optimist Triathlon |
| 2012-06-23 3:06 PM in reply to: #4276778 |
| Subject: RE: Optimist Triathlon I'm SO proud of you, Allison! You did fantastic as you worked your way through the course and encountered different issues. Congrats on not stopping when you cramped. No shame in doing the breathstroke too, to get you through the more stressful parts. You kept going. That made me smile that Keira yelled for you to run faster. Your kids are beautiful and only you could pull off looking so great in that two piece tri suit.  Congratulations on putting your 2nd tri in the books. You were a couple minutes under the average time of all 480 participants so you did FANTASTIC for a newbie! Great job, my friend! |
| 2012-06-23 7:35 PM in reply to: #4276778 |
Expert 1249  MI | Subject: RE: Optimist Triathlon Way to keep pressing on!! Congrats on another finish!  |
| 2012-06-23 9:21 PM in reply to: #4276778 |
Expert 2380 Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: Optimist Triathlon Allison congrats on a great finish. You did a great job and if you look at where you placed overall and in your AG I would never have guessed that was your second Tri. Awesome job and just think you are only going to get better. |
| 2012-06-23 9:31 PM in reply to: #4276778 |
 Bronze member | Subject: RE: Optimist Triathlon Congratulations on a great race today and it sounds like you learned a lot along the way! |
| 2012-06-24 6:59 AM in reply to: #4276778 |
Expert 1439 Tallahassee | Subject: RE: Optimist Triathlon Congrats. U were fast! GREAT job... and take all the time U need to say hi and wave to ur children, that is the important stuff. |
| 2012-06-24 3:22 PM in reply to: #4276778 |
Extreme Veteran 1123 Sidney, Ohio | Subject: RE: Optimist Triathlon For only your 2nd tri that is a great finishing Time! Nice work. |
| 2012-06-24 8:29 PM in reply to: #4276778 |
| NH | Subject: RE: Optimist Triathlon Great effort. Again you took what the day gave you and powered through the inevitable issues. Super race, good job enjoying the event and especially having Keira there to cheer you on for the end. This is a perfect example of what I was talking about in that you raced yourself and the fitness you brought to the race for this day and got the most out of it. Winning race for you. |
| 2012-06-25 9:01 AM in reply to: #4276778 |
Master 2327 Columbia, TN | Subject: RE: Optimist Triathlon You were smart on the swim, to switch to 1-sided breathing. If you have a rope line to follow (or shoreline) then the value in being a bilateral breather is that you are free to use either side like that. It's faster than lifting your head to sight. Another situation where you might to breath only to 1 side is if you are sighting off a swimmer to your side (let them look forward), or if someone is throwing waves in your face, then you would breath to the other side. Oh, and one more time you'd want to; if it's windy and waves are coming in from the side. Breathing in to the wind will probably have you taking in a mouth full of water, so breath to the down wind side. And pretty much anybody would be put off by getting bumped, kicked and pulled. And then to take in water when you wanted/needed air...well...I've had to roll on my back and recovery myself many times. Don't worry about that. And I wonder if the stomach issues might not have been from swallowing a big chunk of lake water? Over the years I've talked to a lot of racers that puked or came close because they had lake water sitting in their stomach while they were running. It's really cool that you made your kids part of your race day... |
| 2012-06-25 12:26 PM in reply to: #4276778 |
Master 3486 Fort Wayne | Subject: RE: Optimist Triathlon A great race Allison! You did well in all aspects of the second race you have ever completed. The run portion may have been a little disappointing to you but remember that you just hit a hard bike in the immediate minutes before running. Don't expect to be able to run at a pace close to a stand alone 5k pace at a triathlon. Given this fact I think you did quite well given the lack of fuel from no breakfast. Another thing to remember is that a sprint race is or should be on the red line the whole race. If you aren't suffering for the last couple of miles on the run your not racing. |
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Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club
70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 236/480
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 9/35
Got up at 4:45am after a poor nights sleep. I put on my tri suit and then dressed the kids. We packed up the car and drove to Warsaw. We arrived at about 6:30am. I checked in, got marked, set up my transition area. Dirk showed me a little bit of the course, included reviewing mounting and dismounting zones (it's been awhile for me!) I also ran into Brenda and talked with her a little bit. Lots of restrooms stops as usual. Lol.
I did a .5 mile run warm-up to the car and back to get the baby's pacifier that we left. I played with Keira and Elliott a little bit on the playground.