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Comments: I was SOOO psyched! I started out front and center and had the feeling that it would be okay. Sure enough, having no ocean waves or running start to contend with, I stayed out front the whole time! Only 1 woman passed me and everyone else was way behind me. It's the first time in my life that I had a clear path at both buoys. It was COOL! What would you do differently?: Taken it a lot easier in the second half of the swim. I could feel I was wearing myself out but I was too excited to be up front for the first time.  Transition 1
Comments: Had a good transition. The run from the swim exit to the transition area was a very long one over grassy areas w/ tree roots thrown in. I had to keep my flipflops at the swim exit and jog w/ them because I know I couldn't do it barefoot. What would you do differently?: I would've brought my water shoes to run to transition in. They're easier to run in than the flipflops. Other than that, I'm happy.  Bike
Comments: I don't understand why I did such a slow time for me. I'm sure part of it had to do w/ the too-fast swim as well as the high heat/humidity, but my HR was blowing up at 17 or 18 miles an hour so even though it wasn't a typical speed for me, I had to pay attention to that HR. I actually stopped the bike on the course to see if the brakes were rubbing (it had happened once before) but no, it was just me. No excuses! What would you do differently?: Bike better? I guess I'd better figure out why it happened. Transition 2
Comments: Very happy w/ transition. It's the best part of the tri for me anymore. My husband Bob was racked right next to me and had already gotten onto the run. I could see he had some trouble because I saw his socks tossed in a couple of different directions. It gave me a chuckle. What would you do differently?: Nothing.  Run
Comments: That was not bad considering how awful I did on the bike and the fact that I can't train much for running because of my feet. I wanted to walk SOOOO much but was able to jog the whole thing, thanks in part by a group of young middle-school aged cheerleaders that lined both sides of the road at one point which helped give me a boost out and back. It was a LIFESAVER! Thanks girls!! What would you do differently?: Nothing really. I can't train much for running so I just do what I can. Post race
Warm down: Just some walking and stretching. Usually I like to jump in the ocean after a race but this one was in a nasty, warm-water lake so I didn't do it. What limited your ability to perform faster: That AWFUL bike! Also, I know I went a little too hard on the swim, but it was TOOO cool to be in the front of the whole women's field!! Event comments: The race being held entirely in the state park was great for shade and little to no car traffic, but I just COULDN'T deal w/ the bike portion. It was very hot and humid out. I think the temp including the heat index was in the 90's. Last updated: 2014-08-12 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 4/29
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 1/2
Drove up to Waycross the night before and stayed overnight. Otherwise it's ~2 hours to get there. Got up at 5:00, got dressed, checked gear, packed truck & went to race site. Ate a Harvest bar. At race site we got our packets & racked bikes. No special spots today based on race number, so I got to rack my bike where I wanted.
Light jogging to warm up legs before relinquishing running shoes to transition area. AFter I was out of transition for a while I realized I forgot to put my glasses in transition so I had to run before transition closed. Cant very well swim w/ glasses on!! Then did a swim warmup.