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People's Triathlon Series: Race 4 - Standard Course - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: I was standing on the beach when the hooter went off for the start. This seemed to surprise most of field. Start was good, kept up with the mid field for a while and seemed to be swimming well. The only thing that I remember was my kick dropped off, for some reason, and technique got a bit sloppy at times , but all and all it was not a bad swim. Even had someone drafting off me, that’s a first. What would you do differently?: Not much, more swim training in the off season.  Transition 1
Comments: Mmm...couldn't find my bike, had the right row but didn't go far enought down. Wasted alot of time. What would you do differently?: More attention to where my bike is.  Bike
Comments: This race is really a drafting race and everyone does it. There are lots of bikes on the 10 km lap , as the sprint , Olympic and duathlon fields are all on the course. Had a couple of problems on the ride, first hairpin got out of the saddle , felt my calf go. Had to run higher gear, higher cadence. The other issue was there were no bikes near me so the first 20km I was time trialling. The last 20 km I managed to hook up with a small group 6 , but once I had my turn on the front 3 got dropped. With only three of us it was hard work with two of us doing most of the work. Calf got worse during the ride. Transition 2
Comments: Really good transition  Run
Comments: Struggled , right calf hurt a lot , so I was changing my run technique to compensate. First 5 km went ok, but near the end left knee start to really hurt. The second 5 km really hurt a lot, struggled a lot and basically couldn't run. Ended up being passed by a lot of people and finished up with my worst 10 km time , including training. Really happy that I finished the race though. Post race
Warm down: Had some water and muffins. Went home and ice knee on and off for about 3 hours. Seemed to help alot. Last updated: 2013-01-24 12:00 AM
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 2013-04-25 4:36 PM |
Member  43  Auckland , New Zealand |  Subject: People's Triathlon Series: Race 4 - Standard Course |
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I packed my gear the night before, running through my mental check list. i didn't get to bed until late , say 12:00pm. I think being the last race of the season and the fact that I've been training for a while and a few injuries along the way my head wasn't really in the game.
Woke up at 5:00 , had some breakfast, musilie. Was going to have a carbo bar but forgot to.
Put the gear in the car, nearly forgot the drink bottle and helmet. More signed that I wasn't really thinking about what I was doing.
Drove down at around 5;45 , it's only a 10 mintue drive so I had plenty of time.
Registered , set up my transition. This time taking care to remember where my bike was.
It was still really early so I waited around until I put my wet suit on.
6:30 put the wet suit on for the 7:00 pm start. Had a few text from Nicola , she’s my new girl friend and absolutely gorgeous.
Noticed putting the suit on , I had forgot to take the track pant off . OMG I've never done this.
Finally got organised and made my way to the start line to have a quick warm up swim.
Saw Nichola, a quick chat , cuddle kiss and some words of encouragement for a 500 meter warm up swim.
Quick swim , tried out a new technic for the recovery. Seemed to work well.