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Comments: Forget there was some oyster shells just off to the side of the boat ramp so managed to scrape my foot during the warmup. What would you do differently?: Pretty happy with the swim probably the best so far, need to sight the buoys more often and try to get to a 3 stroke breath pattern as I alternate between 4 strokes of every stroke which is putting more pressure on using mainly my left arm. Felt calm during the race and if I can slow down the breathing the swimming will be easier and quicker.  Transition 1
Comments: After exiting the boat ramp it was a steep uphill dash of about 100 metres to the transition, couldn't reach my zip-pull initially but had plenty of time to find and got the suit down to my waist by half-way up the hill. No problem putting on shoes, helmet etc. What would you do differently?: Will start using baby lotion on the outside of the suit around the calves which other people do and makes the suit easier to remove.  Bike
What would you do differently?: Keep some plasters in the underseat bag along with the inner tubes. Transition 2
Comments: Fast Transition, just racked the bike and swopped shoes, managed to forget my hat in the process making up lost time. What would you do differently?: Stopped for the hat as it was hot and sunny out on the course.  Run
Comments: Nice flat course which I had ran the day before, the nice ladies at the start of the second lap wanted me to turn right and head down the finish shute but had to tell them I still needed to go left and run around a second time. What would you do differently?: Probably hammered my legs too hard on the bike trying to make up lost time so legs felt heavier than normal off the bike. Post race
Warm down: Finished with some stretches and a free can of Red Bull from the Red Bull girls which seem to turn up to a lot of events recently. Grabbed a sausage from the Sausage Sizzle, and hung around for prize giving, even winning a new top as a spot prize which has to be the first time winning a spottie. What limited your ability to perform faster: Basically having to stop for Medical attention, still had one of the best races ever coming under my target of 1hr 10minutes which I probably would have smashed not stopping. Last updated: 2006-09-16 12:00 AM
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 2006-11-05 1:23 AM |
Veteran  216  Auckland |  Subject: CS Corporate Teams & Individual Triathlon |
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Had a lie-in and a late breakfast, The Triathlon wasn't scheduled to start until 10am and was only 5 minutes up the road from home which was really great.
Found a parking space within about 30metres of the run shute, and walked bike over to the transition. Finding space on the transition was interesting as there had been a team event 3hrs earlier and a "Full Monty" which was a team of 3 all doing individual sprints before our race so you didn't know who had finished, was still racing or just arriving.
Went for a short 5 minutes run to warmup, put on the wetsuit and took a gentle walk down the hill to the beach, the water was quite cold so added a second swim cap and did 10mins warmup swimming prior to the briefing.