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Wolf Creek Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: I always feel like I'm going to die when swimming in competition. Apparently I need to seed my self high in the start, because I'm constantly trying to avoid people for the first 100-200m. Doing this really wears me out. By the end of the swim I had NOTHING in the tank. Not a good race strategy. I'm getting worried about doing 1,500m in August. What would you do differently?: Start in the front of the pack and see what happens. Also, a little positive thinking might keep me from FREAKING OUT.  Transition 1
Comments: I'm getting better here, but still have a long way to go. Things seemed smooth, but I was still 7th in my division. What would you do differently?: Get better equipment. Mountain bike shoes slow you down a bit. Also, keep working on transitions. I spend very little time doing that, but would cut 30 sec more off my time in T1 and T2.  Bike
Comments: Unusually slow race for me. (Okay I've only done 2, but still.) I didn't taper for this race since it was a "C" race and did a really hard/long workout 2 days earlier. Time also included T2 What would you do differently?: Not eat a Gu at the end of the bike. I tasted it for the rest of the ride and all of the run. I almost lost it in the run. Transition 2
 Run
Comments: I was pretty tired by this time with "dead" legs. I did better than I expected and hit my HR and time goals. The LT workout I did two days earlier was still in my legs. It is nice to see that my running is getting back into shape. What would you do differently?: Not eat that Gu!!! Post race
Warm down: Stumbling to get a bottle of water. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not tapering. Event comments: Overall a very good race. I really enjoyed meeting tliles and GennX. It is always a pleasure hanging out with Writebrained. Last updated: 2006-05-12 12:00 AM
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 2006-06-12 7:17 PM |
Regular  88  Central Illinois |  Subject: Wolf Creek Sprint Triathlon |
| 2006-06-12 8:24 PM in reply to: #451924 |
Elite 3020  Bay Area, CA | Subject: RE: Wolf Creek Sprint Triathlon Man, if that's how you do when you don't taper, watch out. Great race! |
| 2006-06-12 10:16 PM in reply to: #451924 |
Master 1901  Central, IL | Subject: RE: Wolf Creek Sprint Triathlon Doc! You R 2 modest! You did great. Awesome race in a tuff division + you earned hardware! Great weather. Great job! |
| 2006-06-13 5:29 PM in reply to: #451924 |
Regular 65 Little Rock, AR | Subject: RE: Wolf Creek Sprint Triathlon 6:59 miles on "dead" legs huh .... I agree with writebrained you're too modest!! Even though you claimed that you felt like you were going to die in the swim, that's still not a bad time. I saw that pack rounding the first buoy and it looked pretty rough ... like you said afterwards, it's hard to draft when you're just getting kicked and hit!! If this is "C" race performance for you, I look forward to seeing how well you do in Springfield!! Cheers! |
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Mattoon Beach Multisport
60F / 16C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 25/80
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 5/12
Got up around 6:00 and had a banana and bagel with blackberry butter. Finished getting things together and left around 7:00. I live only 15+ min. from the event and picked up my packet the night before. That was very handy, because I still felt a little rushed.
I ended up parking farther away that I expected so I warmed up by running back and forth to my car. Really not a bad warm up. I did about 4 strides while I was at it. I did get a quick swim in, but after getting out of the water the upper 50s felt like upper 40s.