Marquee Triathlon - Olympic Course
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Marquee Triathlon - Olympic Course - Triathlon
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Comments: The lack of swimming showed, big time. This was by far my worst swim ever. I felt OK for the first few minutes then it all went to hell. I was having trouble catching my breathe while swimming and had to hang onto a kayak inside the first 300 meters. This has never happened to me. After that is was all breaststroke until the last 200 meters I was able to bull together an ok stroke. What would you do differently?: Be in decent swim shape. Transition 1
Comments: After that swim I wanted to just have an enjoyable race going forward, got the feet well dried off, sunscreen on and headed out. Bike
Comments: Set an easily sustainable pace, kept the heart rate down and cranked it out. Didn't want to push it too hard, as I wanted to have a decent run and knew that I could easily thrash the legs on the bike. Pretty enjoyable ride overall. What would you do differently?: More training is the theme of this race! Transition 2
Comments: Shoes on, hat on, drink of water, took my time to get everything adjusted. Run
Comments: Legs felt like big sacks of concrete at first, but inside the first mile I started to feel a lot better. The only real training I've been doing lately is running, and I'm so glad I put in some decent miles the past 2 months. I ran at a decent pace the whole time, hit up every other aid station for water and an orange slice, and cruised along. There was some pain and suffering, but there always is in tri running! Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of training. Event comments: The reason I was out there was to race with my friends. While the swim sucked for me, the rest of the race was pretty enjoyable, and I love being around the race atmosphere. Second worst Oly time ever for me. On a positive note, I got to see a number of BT peeps that I haven't seen in awhile! Overall it was a fun day doing something I love! Last updated: 2014-04-14 12:00 AM
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2014-04-20 6:45 AM in reply to: #4981400 |
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United States
Life Time Triathlon Series
Sunny
Overall Rank = 295/404
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 45/51
I was informed by my friends the day before that I was racing with them, hadn't swam in 6 months or ridden in a month...