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Comments: I sighted quite poorly. the sun was right in my eyes, and I think I assumed that it would be easy since it was a point to poinht, but I zigged a bit and had to zag back. also, in spite of the 4 min time between waves, there were bodies EVERYWHERE, so I did a lot of swimming around random people as though in an obstacle course What would you do differently?: sight better. but this was 3 minutes faster than last year, so I am pleased  Transition 1
Comments: GRRR! I couldn;t find my bike! I borrowed a Trek demo bike ( a real tri bike, woo woo) and had a tough time spotting it. it was a LONG run with the bike to the exit. no wetsuit made it easy :) What would you do differently?: run through the T area a few times in the morning to get it in muscle memory if not brain memory  Bike
Comments: I got to ride the Equinox again, but unlike last year, when I was a weaker cyclist, the gains didn;t seem so hot. I actually had the EXACT same time as last year! I think I am a much faster biker this year, smarter too, and also much more "like one" with my road bike, and I should have ridden it. The fit with the equinox was weak, just a seat height adjustment was made, and while i had an easy start to my run (legs felt fine!) my quads burned the whole ride. And believe it or not, I get lower riding in my drops on my road bike than the way the equinox was set up! So I dunno. It was another experiment, I guess. I had no watch, no HRM, no bike computer, so it was all by feel, which makes me think I could have gone a bit harder had I known where I was in the course. It was incredibly miserably windy from mile 8 on, so the last bit was way slower than the first What would you do differently?: not much, I learned a lot. I think I am done experimenting though. NO riding a bike I haven;t become ONE with! (with which I haven;t yet become ONE) Transition 2
Comments: it's tough to mauever a tri bike through a jam packed T area full of clueless people running around.. I LOVE my new speedlaces What would you do differently?: not much  Run
Comments: weak. I felt like I was doing a nice 10 pace. It was kind of hot, but still, I felt better than that time reflects. I did take 3 1 minute walk breaks, but I always do, so I dunno what happened. What would you do differently?: ? wear a watch? nah, it's more fun without stressing out about time Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: fitness deficit, not enough preparation Event comments: danskin is always fun. I am encouraged that my swim was faster than last year, I ran a lot more than I did last year )last year ITBS had me walking from the start) but a bit disappointed in the bike. I have imporved tremendously from last year, but my time didn;t reflect that. Last updated: 2006-04-20 12:00 AM
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 2006-07-09 6:39 PM |
Champion  5183    Wisconsin |  Subject: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant |
| 2006-07-09 6:41 PM in reply to: #477149 |
Champion 7704  Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant Awesome race Hollis. Super speedy swim!!! 1:33 per 100 WWOOHOO |
 2006-07-09 7:29 PM in reply to: #477149 |
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| 2006-07-09 8:00 PM in reply to: #477149 |
Master 1551 Virginia Beach, VA | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant Great race!!!; wish I could swim that fast.  |
| 2006-07-09 9:12 PM in reply to: #477149 |
| Master 1506 Minnesota | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant Way to go at Danskin! Do you think the speedlaces are a good investment? I'm thinking about getting some. |
| 2006-07-10 7:23 AM in reply to: #477149 |
| Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant Excellent race, Hollis; top 20% isn't too shabby. |
| 2006-07-10 8:24 AM in reply to: #477149 |
| Elite 3201 South Florida | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant Nice race! You are such a fast swimmer. Too bad about the bike. Now see, everyone made fun of me for doing the balloon on the bike rack thing at Danskin last year, but it really helped find my spot in that sea of bikes. |
| 2006-07-10 5:54 PM in reply to: #477149 |
| Elite 2468 Racine, WI | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant WOW Possum, your swim time blows me away. And you are speedy as heck on that bike. When are you coming to Racine so we can ride? GREAT RACE |
| 2006-07-11 12:05 AM in reply to: #477149 |
| molto veloce mama 9311 | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant hollis, it was SO cool meeting you. since my aunt and mom were together, and my cousins were together, you were like my adopted sister for 10 minutes. thanks for hanging out with me, and warming the waters...oh, i mean warming the cockles of my heart  we should find a good race midway between st. paul and madison to meet up at. one with more port-a-ports and a smaller transition area |
| 2006-07-11 12:13 AM in reply to: #477149 |
| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant Next time just knock all those slow people over....just like bowling pins! Sounds like you had a fun time!
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| 2006-07-11 11:28 AM in reply to: #477149 |
| Regular 80 Madison, WI USA | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant Good job Hollis! I have a very small picture of you on the bike as you were heading away (damn digital camera turned off on me!). I thought I spotted you on the run (it was somebody else), Meg was only 10 feet from us and I am looking aways back. She had to jump in front of me and wave her arms so we could cheer her on. I got to try on of the Trek carbon bikes years ago for an 75 mile ride but was so used to my steel and too big Bianchi that I wanted my heavy bike back so I know what you mean about being One with Your bike. We all had a great time thanks to you telling us about the race. Meg was considering doing the Spirit of Racine Sprint (until she learned how long the swim is). Let me know if you see the dates for next years Danskin, we had a great hotel a couple miles from the race and want to get reservations there again. Again, Good job and thanks for the help and inspiration for Mrs. Zaboo. |
| 2006-07-11 1:37 PM in reply to: #477149 |
| Master 2052 Colorado | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant nah, it's more fun without stressing out about time Totally! Bummer that the bike time doesn't reflect the work you've put into it, but one race isn't really indicative of a whole season of work. And, shoot -- you're a fast swimmer!!! |
| 2006-07-11 3:47 PM in reply to: #477149 |
| Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant Awesome race!! How fun you found Autumn and helped each other get rid of any prerace jitters! You placed top third almost top 25% and you say ...come on you did well...improved a ton in the swim, ran well, disappointed in your bike...speedy and tons of women on the road. Being one with your bike makes a huge difference and you'll get there soon! Were you riding your normal bike? This is not a race but more a women event...I think you told me that....in my complaining about Irongirl 5K I did last weekend.
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| 2006-07-12 4:36 PM in reply to: #477149 |
| Regular 65 Little Rock, AR | Subject: RE: Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant Fabulous race! I guess you were in the wave in front of me ... I caught some of those yellow caps but with that swim time I definitely didn't catch you!! I'm with you on the comment about lots of clueless people in the transitions, I had someone plop down right in the middle of the aisle as I was running through with my bike and I had to actually lift my bike over her!! I totally appreciated that it was beginners and all but I just didn't want to wipe out and show my newbieness sorry we couldn't all meet - maybe next year! |
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breakfast at hotel: mini wheats coffee banana
set up transition area, walked to swim start, milled around and saw tons of people I knew, including AJFreddy. warmed up in the water, peed about 45 times. Saw lauren Jensen kick ass on the final run leg while waiting for my wave. peed some more
not much. autumn spotted me right as our wave was going in, so we chatted and got through the last 4 min of pre reace jitters. SO COOL to see her! squated and peed again while waiting for Sally Edwards to go through her schpiel. (my secret word was "outstanding."