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Comments: MAJOR PANIC ATTACK about 3 minutes into the race. MAJOR, MAJOR PANIC ATTACK. I hadn't swum for two weeks before the event, figured I'd be fine, got a tad cocky on the swim start. Went out strong, realized quickly I wish I had trained more and that snowballed into major freakout...can't breathe, i'm drowning. I hate swimming. I want to take this wetsuit off. I started swimming for the SAG boat. I seriously did. I was DONE with the race. I was almost to the boat and realized I had calmed down. Tried a few strokes, pulled my head out of the water...tried a few more....tried a few more. Soon found my rhythym and had a decent swim the rest of the time. I freaked out about the time, though....my worst ever for what I thought was a .5....found out later it was 1/4 mile longer than I thought so I was happy with it. What would you do differently?: Train more. Get a new tri suit so I don't have to wear a wetsuit in this water..or invest in a farmer john.  Transition 1
Comments: GREAT TRANSITION!!!!! Things I learned... 1. Taping GU to bike post and refueling once I'm ON the bike. 2. No socks 3. Put bike helmet on first I smoked the transition (down from 5 minutes from last tri) What would you do differently?: Bring the time down further!  Bike
Comments: I felt I had a great ride. I rehydrated and refueld oncce I was on the bike and kept it at a pretty good clip. Passed a lot of riders and felt really, really strong the whole way through. What would you do differently?: I have the endurance, but I really need to work on my speed.... Transition 2
Comments: Again, a good transition. Not sure about the time but it was a quick one. Helmet off, no socks, shoes on, grabbed a GU and started running. Knew their was a water station at the beginning so rehydrated there. What would you do differently?: nothing.  Run
Comments: Ahhh, yes, my white whale. I felt good during the run, but dammit, I'm giving up a LOT of time on this part. I'm really going to focus training in this area. I felt good and strong throughout. What would you do differently?: Train harder. Post race
Warm down: water, water, water.... 2 red bulls (which Jenny and I both had and which set us off talking a mile a minute until we crashed about an hour from home) What limited your ability to perform faster: I half-assed trained for this one and knew it going in. I'm proud of the time I posted but regretful knowing I could have gone out a lot stronger if I had put some effort into it. I have another sprint in September and then one in October with some reachable goals. Event comments: The results aren't official yet, but based on the results at the race it appears that I placed 2nd as an Athena.....what's even better is this time the field was at least 10 deep (vs. last race where I placed second with a field that was only about 5 deep in Athenas). That felt good but I have a goal for a first place finish one of these days! Last updated: 2004-08-07 12:00 AM
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 2004-08-07 7:15 PM |
Master  1275    Sonoma County, CA |  Subject: Tri for Fun |
| 2004-08-07 8:00 PM in reply to: #45105 |
Resident Matriarch N 43° 32.927 W 071° 24.431 | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun good job on getting thru that panic attack. They are not any fun, especially in the water! |
| 2004-08-07 8:54 PM in reply to: #45105 |
Master 1902 Berkeley, CA | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun Done!! And done well!! Way to go, Nancy. Your great white whale is still better than my great white whale!! (o: Dana |
| 2004-08-07 9:25 PM in reply to: #45105 |
Expert 1279 Northern VA | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun WOW Nancy-great race! Awesome swim time considering the panic attack. And remember speed is relative - I'd love to avg 18.67 on the bike like you did. Nice transition times. Great job Gary |
| 2004-08-07 10:49 PM in reply to: #45105 |
Expert 1164 New Port Richey | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun Way to go Nancy. |
| 2004-08-07 10:50 PM in reply to: #45105 |
Got Wahoo? 5423 San Antonio | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun Maybe you should do an ode to panic attacks!!!! Looks like a pretty successful race, Nancy. Gongratulations, stud.... NANANANANANA ...You've done one more tri than me.... ...but i've done more Olys.... |
| 2004-08-07 11:33 PM in reply to: #45105 |
Master 1275 Sonoma County, CA | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun ode to panic attacks...hmmmmm, not a bad idea..... Edited by crpadiem 2004-08-07 11:40 PM |
| 2004-08-08 8:56 AM in reply to: #45105 |
Expert 636 Torrington,CT | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun Congratulations. I've never had a water panic attack, but I get them prior to THE race--you did really well overcoming that bit of ?#@@??!!!! Evelyn |
| 2004-08-08 12:05 PM in reply to: #45105 |
Extreme Veteran 508 Kennesaw, GA | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun "Things I learned... 1. Taping GU to bike post and refueling once I'm ON the bike." I'll have to try this. Good job finishing! |
| 2004-08-08 10:37 PM in reply to: #45105 |
Champion 6285 Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun Actually, Nancy, looking at the data in Excel, it appears that you may have placed FIRST in your division! But, first or second.... YOU ROCK!  |
| 2004-08-08 11:04 PM in reply to: #45105 |
Master 1275 Sonoma County, CA | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun |
| 2004-08-11 12:53 AM in reply to: #45105 |
Extreme Veteran 412 las vegas | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun my first tri is rapidly approaching and it is helpful to hear that everyone besides me does not have perfect races. hopefully, that will help me to take some of the pressure off of myself. thanks for sharing your panic! |
| 2004-08-11 1:04 PM in reply to: #45105 |
Elite 3020 Bay Area, CA | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun Good job for working through the panic attack and not stopping! |
| 2004-08-12 3:31 PM in reply to: #46425 |
Veteran 540 Philadelphia, PA | Subject: RE: Tri for Fun great job nancy ! |
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Up at 4 to gas up the car and buy a disposable camera...yeah, yeah, could have done it last night but was too tired after playing softball...
2 hour drive with Jenny to the event included requisite stop at Starbucks for grande soy latte (mmmmmm) and bagel and cream cheese. Did a quick ride when we got there, stretched and a swim warm up.