South County YMCA Sprint Triathlon
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South County YMCA Sprint Triathlon - Triathlon
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Comments: Each lane was kind of a wave start. I remembered I hadn't cleared my watch AS the whistle went off. I did fine, time announced as I ran out of the pool was 7:30. What would you do differently?: Clear watch. I would say swim more, but for this distance, I didn't need to. Now for a .9 lake swim, I better get my butt to the pool somehow. Transition 1
Comments: This went horribly!! I had planned to pull on a tank top with my number pre-pinned, but the tank top got stuck and I could not get it on, literally, and then the pins popped off. HELLO, RACE BELT? I swear, every piece of equiptment you think you don't need you end up getting in the end, so why fight it? I just ordered one online. So between the extra pinning and the marathon run to the mount line, was really slow. I was happy about my ability to run in my shoes, tho. What would you do differently?: Race belt. Get to site earlier for decent racking area. Bike
Comments: I passed quite a few, got passed a couple times, but not by any women. The last hill wasn't bad at all. There was one guy that drafted every person that passed him. I was watching him for a while then I passed him, he drafted me, then he finally pulled ahead at the end. My computer said 10.5, my friend's watch said 11.1, I wonder what the real distance was? Ate 1/2 a GU, drank a bit, but didn't need any more. Saw getsome finishing his run and yelled "Go Brandon!" in a really deep mannish voice. I am still giggling about it! What would you do differently?: I was really happy with the bike. It was the best part. I wished it was longer. Transition 2
Comments: I remember at ST Peters I could not run with the bike. My legs were jelly. Well, this was half the distance, but I felt strong and ran all the way (!) back to my spot. Time is a guess. What would you do differently?: Find a closer transition. Get speed laces. Run
Comments: So hard. I walked to first hill, then walked a bit later, then walked a bit on the hill out of the park. I really hurt! The time is a guess based on guessing my transition times. The watch was out the window at this point. What would you do differently?: Run. Run on hills. Run a lot on hills. Yikes! Post race
Warm down: Not much, just drank water. What limited your ability to perform faster: Training and bad transitions. With good transitions/location maybe I could have saved 1 or 2 minutes, but run training could have made up the additional 2 minutes it would have taken to et 3rd instead of 4th in my AG! (4 min difference) Event comments: Despite the chaos of cars, people, bikes, it went smoothly. Recplex has an easier set-up I think. There was potential for crashes, definitely with athletes trying to park, people trying to finish, people meandering along the road, etc. The run was hilly but I can't do anything about that! It was fun, I finished, and I get to write this report, so it was a success in my book! Last updated: 2006-07-02 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 30 (W)/87 (W)
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 4/10
Loaded bike and stuff night before. Good move. Breakfast of toast, peanut butter, coffee a few bites of oatmeal.
Late start meant late arrival, meant end of the line rack in transition area. So far away, and at the bottom of a hill, which meant, yes, running up the hill twice in transition. Very organized transition area--but forgot to clear my watch. So, transition times and run times are guesses.
100m free right before swim start.