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Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: I'm still struggeling to put my head in the water but I had decided I was going to just do it. 11 strokes at a time. It mostly worked. I even caught up to a few swimmers from the previous wave. But I don't think I overtook anyone from my wave. I would say I got my face in about 75% of the time - a vast improvement for me. With my sore throat and generally feeling like doo, I was happy to have made it the full distance. What would you do differently?: Not get sick? I need to get in a lot more OWS and really get my face in the water and work on my stroke more. What swim training I've done is definately helping but I've got a long way to go before attempting this race solo in 2013.  Transition 1
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Warm down: we all cheered as our runner crossed the line - she was beat but met her goal!! What limited your ability to perform faster: having a cold that kicked my butt. Last updated: 2012-01-13 12:00 AM
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 2012-07-18 4:31 PM |
Veteran  256   Everett |  Subject: Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens |
| 2012-07-19 1:14 AM in reply to: #4318819 |
Regular 789 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens good job for sticking with it. come next year you will be able to do it solo without a problem. sounds like you have that mental capability to do so which is what I feel is the challenge at the longer distances. |
| 2012-07-22 11:38 PM in reply to: #4318819 |
Regular 789 | Subject: RE: Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens Just a FYI for you in this race. There is a rope underwater that you can follow right next to the buoys. Also if you are looking for something next year, try ChelanMan as the water is pretty clear there and again a rope in the water. Something else if you get sick before hand, pop zinc like crazy. I felt like crap on Monday and Tuesday so I popped zinc the whole week and felt great come Sunday.
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My son was sick the week previous so it shouldn't have been a big surprise when I woke up with a sore throat on Saturday and did everything in my power to clear it up. No such luck. Sunday morning, 4am, my throat was on fire. But I had a team counting on me. So I ate a banana and headed to my cousin's house, walking distance from the race. I ate some oatmeal there and then we headed down.
I got in the water by the shore - which was stinky like gasoline - eww!! I swam a little bit but mostly I was concentrating on sucking on cough drops to ease the throat pain.