New York City Triathlon
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New York City Triathlon - Triathlon
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Comments: My swim was fine if nothing spectacular. Stopped to do breastroke more than I wanted to, and I could tell that I hadn't swam too much because my triceps started acheing a little ways in. Drafted a little bit, but generally ended up pretty much on my own. Also, my hair was caught in my wetsuit, and that rubbed quite a bit. What would you do differently?: Train the swim, do less breastsroke, adjust my wetsuit better. Transition 1
Comments: I managed to run the whole way out of the swim to transition, which I was happy about. I could have been more focused getting shoes on and getting my helmet on, but overall not too bad. What would you do differently?: think through the transition a little more, ring water to wash my feet off. Bike
Comments: Since I hadn't really trained, my goal was to rock the bike. The first technical turn out of the bike I knew I felt good. I was passing more people than passed me, and keeping good time up the hills. On a few of them, I got blocked in behind some people and ended up getting into a comfortable pace, but one that was slower than what I was capable of. I should have moved around them and pushed up the hill. For the first time, the hills felt not too hard - constant, but doable. Half a GU on the way back over the bridge, but that was about it for nutrition. What would you do differently?: Push more on the uphills, be more aggressive passing people. Transition 2
Comments: Nothing spectacular here, nothing terrible. Run
Comments: I knew this was going to be tough, and my goal was just to get through it. I was incredibly relaxed throughout the whole run, in part because I had no goal except the finish line. I started running, and my legs felt heavy but OK. Managed the run up the first hill, and was going slow, but running the whole way. Around 72nd, saw the whole family and gave the little niece a hug, which was a great motivator. And then I just kept running. I walked the aide stations, but other than that just kept running as much as fast as my untrained legs would let me. Managed around 10:45s until the northern hills, then more like 11:30s, but still kept running. It started getting hot at mile 4, so I started pouring water over my head. Not the best plan, because then I was really wet and chaffed more. Around mile 5, SIL passed me, which was actually pretty cool. Got to the end, and even managed to remember to close my mouth for a few pictures! What would you do differently?: Train? But given how untrained I was for the run, I really enjoyed the whole thing. Post race
Warm down: Was actually able to eat a bagel afterwards, then over to the tent for some food and ice cream. Walked back to transition, and biked home. What limited your ability to perform faster: Mostly a lack of training on the run. Last updated: 2013-07-18 12:00 AM
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This year, A and E didn't come in for the race, but the sister-in-law did as did the brother and the niece and nephew. This ultimately led to a somewhat hectic day-and-a-half before the race, but also lots of fun. Pizza friday night, check-in saturday morning and then a little running around with the kids. We started riding bikes over to transition, but brother's bike needed a new cable so we had to split up SIL and I went to transition together and I made sure she knew her way around. Ate healthy and big lunch, back home with a new air conditioner for the 2nd bedroom, and a light dinner of tuna tartare and salad.
Prepped a pb&j sandwich (no bagel) and cold-brewed coffee. Slept at home with the alarm set. After checking transition bag four times, actually got a few hours of sleep starting about 9:00-11:30, and then more from 12:30 to about 2:30. Up and out the door at 3:45, catching a gypsy cab to transition. Slugged down coffee and ate the sandwich and a banana. Set up transition. I should have brought an extra water-bottle.
Typical walk up to swim start with the brother and SIL. Ate GU chomps, telaxed up there for a while, then wetsuit on, learning a new trick putting my foot in a plastic bag to help slide the suit on. Put on my 910 for my first race with it, waited in the corrals, and off to the start!