Anthony Tatasciore Tri with Tat -CLOSED (Page 3)

I did it! I crossed the Finish Line! I made quite some progress from my first triathlon in June 2014 to my second triathlon just a week ago! I loved the course, but it was challenging! 

My official time: 01:34 

I will fill out my race log sometime this week. 

Of course, I feel I could've raced harder! But I am happy with my results compared to last year. 

I'm attaching here an Instagram link of me crossing the Finish Line. Please note that the time is started when male category begins the race about 10 minutes before females start. https://instagram.com/p/2y8mtBAWK9/?taken-by=cancunrunner

And now it's time to decide what race or races I'll be doing.  On one hand, I want to do another triathlon soon, and there is another one in 2 months. I feel ready! On the other hand, I think I should keep training, keep getting better, go to the gym and focus on getting stronger muscles, keep swimming and focus on technique and strenght, also get my first pair of clipin shoes for cycling and then find a good race for the last semester of 2015. Then train hard, really hard! 

What do you do when you are not racing? 

My apologies to the group the months of June through August have been crazy between work and family. Even with all the craziness and lack of dedicated training I just completed Ironman Kalmar. Additionally, I am staring my ironman coaching certificate course, so everyone here get ready for some good information... I am going to change the title of the forum to closed so I can just focus on those of you who are already in the group.

So nice to hear from you and your latest accomplishment: Ironman Kalmar!

I'm half-way through my Olympic triathlon trainning plan. Summer in Cancun is brutal and it's been hard to train. While cycling I used to carry 1 hydration bottle and now I've realized it's just not enough, so I'm getting a 2nd bottle this week. 

I have a question regardng cadence. As I have mentioned before, there are no hills on this area. I'm very comfortable using the large chainring and the middle to smaller spur but that slows my cadence, not my speed, though. I see a lot of people do "cadence" drills where they have to do high cadence, pedaling fast. For me it is much more difficult to try and maintain high cadence. What do you prefer?

Oh! And glad to have you back! 

Hello Tat! Hope you're doing well! So, I FINALLY MADE THE TRANSITION to clipin shoes! I have been practicing at home on the bike, clipping and unclipping. But now I have some more questions to ask you: During transition (T1), I know the idea is to leave the shoes clipped in the pedals and then jump on the bike, get the shoes strapped and start pedaling. But, how do I make the shoes stay in place? They spin with the pedals and end up upside down before I can jump on the bike. I even think they will make the bicycle trip. 

Any ideas? I have ITU Cozumel next October 03! 

Thank you for the advice! I will practice as you suggest! I'm glad I checked with you first before I even tried to do practice the transition with the shoes attached to the pedals. So, I suppose I have to put them on when I finish the swimming segment and then run on them as I exit transition area until I can mount the bike.

I did not get a chance to attend or cheer 70.3 Cozumel. Life's been busy these days and my husband says I spend too much on triathlon stuff so I didn't think he'd be happy to spend on a trip to Cozumel just to watch, lol  Doing a 70.3 is definitely in my future plans.

On the other hand, I have signed up for another triathlon in the first week of November. It takes place at Xel-ha which is a 2hr-drive from Cancun. I was thinking that would be my last competition of 2015...but then, I am seriously considering closing the year 2015 by running Cancun Marathon.

Then I will start 2016 by taking a 2 month break from training and competitions (Which is something I said last year and never actually did it!). Ha ha!

Have a great weekend Tat!

Hello Tat! I have been really busy since ITU Cozumel and been trying to write an update on my race. There's so much to say about that Triathlon that I do not want to forget any detail so that next year I can come back more experienced and maybe wiser! The swimming segment went well. They didn't allow us to warm-up in the water because other age groups had already started the race and they didn't want us to block their way out. The race started inside the "Marina" so there was no diving or dolphin dive, we were floating in the water when we started. My timing was Ok. I shaved off a minute from my previous tri. Not bad. 

But...(Yes, there is a but, ugh), after the swimming segment I lost time trying to find my bike. I remembered where I had put it, but by the time I had got to the triathlon to place my bike and my stuff, the bar where you hang the bike wasn't full so my last view of my byclicle was different from what I found when I arrived back in T1...so many bikes and the place looked totally different!). I had placed it in the center of my age group section and remembered the sign for my age group. The thing is...I had never been in a triathlon with so many athletes! By the time I was done with the swimming segment and ran for my bike, I found my section, but couldn't locate my bike easy. I lost valuable seconds there!

As for running...That went really well! I actually ran better than any other time before. I couldn't believe this time, for the first time ever, I wasn't struggling to run. At some point, I realized I was running as fast as I usually run on a running race! I was so confident and, of course, happy!

My overall time wasn't the best...I did 1 min extra than my previous Triathlon. The cycling segment was slower for me this time. I think I should've pedaled harder! Faster! And I should've found my bike among the 49 other triathletes in my age group! 

My next goal: Xelha Triathlon (I hear its also a World triathlon. They say it's even BIGGER than ITU Cozumel!, so I need to come up with ideas on how to locate my stuff and bycicle among all the people in my age group!). The date for my next and last triathlon of 2015: November 15! I WANT TO CRUSH IT, Tat!!!!