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Gatorade Race 4 Elwood - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: I felt great considering I haven't really been swimming all that much in the last couple of weeks. I managed to sit on feet and hips and later found a chick to swim next to on the way in, helping me keep my line and pace. At one stage a sizeable jellyfish swam under me. I was pretty close to freaking out and said to myself if you see heaps more then you have a right. Until then just keep swimming. At this stage my swim time and T1 time have been combined for a total of 11:41. As I was running into transition (well clear of the water) my watch read 10:00 so I'm certain my swim was closer to the time I've entered. What would you do differently?: I'm happy.  Transition 1
Comments: No issues.  Bike
Comments: I felt pretty average on the bike. I couldn't get any water down. I just felt as though I was going to be sick. I'd say the heat was a contributing factor! Heading away from the course there was a slight head wind. Heading back it one could push it up to 38km/hr comfortably. I think this is the first time I've averaged 31km/hr. I'm sure the shorter distance helped!! What would you do differently?: Perhaps I wasn't properly hydrated? Transition 2
Comments: My fastest transition time this year! What would you do differently?: Would be good to crack the 1:30!  Run
Comments: Can you say hot? Hot hot hot. Oh, did I mention hot? And slow. Hot and slow. Not such a winning combination in triathlon. Thankfully I left the feeling ill sensation on the bike. I felt alright! What would you do differently?: Really at a loss here. Run faster, obviously. But it doesn't seem to be in my genetic make up. Post race
Warm down: No chance of this happening. A cold shower? What limited your ability to perform faster: Heat & talent. And probably some mental preparedness wouldn't have gone astray. To say I wasn't pumped for this race is an understatement. I actually considered not doing it, given I've been out the last three nights til at least 1:00am. But I knew I would have been pissed off at myself and lets face it, I actually really enjoyed racing today. It seems I can mix a social life with racing too. Bring that on. I'm excited for next week now!! Last updated: 2007-02-12 12:00 AM
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 2007-02-18 2:42 AM |
Extreme Veteran  600   Melbourne |  Subject: Gatorade Race 4 Elwood |
| 2007-02-18 6:09 AM in reply to: #694351 |
Veteran 158 Brisbane | Subject: RE: Gatorade Race 4 Elwood I don't know how you do it?? out till 1am?? I'd be a mess the next day. Super swim and super bike, I'm sure that run time is improving as well. Bring on the social life!! |
| 2007-02-18 1:02 PM in reply to: #694351 |
Extreme Veteran 534 Brisbane | Subject: RE: Gatorade Race 4 Elwood Casie, what an awesome day you had out there! This was really a balanced race for you. Congratulations! I like the "partying" taper, I must say. |
| 2007-02-18 8:44 PM in reply to: #694351 |
Veteran 1108 Perth, Oz | Subject: RE: Gatorade Race 4 Elwood Casie, what a great race report! if you were out till 1am! thats fantastic, can you teach me how to do that. I'd be shattered if I tried that. great swim and brilliant cracking a 30k+ average on the bike. and even though you think your run was slow I"m sure thats a faster run time for you then the other races isn't it? under 6min ks? great work! |
| 2007-02-18 10:51 PM in reply to: #694351 |
Champion 26509 Sydney | Subject: RE: Gatorade Race 4 Elwood A 1am bed time and a hot race??? I would have felt awful but you still seemed to fly through! Congratulations! |
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Overall Rank = 841/1042
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 29/41
Being out til 1.00am didn't hurt quite as much as thought it would! Slept well, even in the heat. Given my proximity to the race I had a mini sleep in. Breakfast was a wholemeal english muffin with honey a glass of juice and later half a banana. Rode to the course.
No warm up required. I got in the water to cool down. There was temptation not to swim with a wetsuit given the conditions; flat & warm. But I'm not one to try new things on race day.