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Comments: OWS - wow - Unprepard for what it was really going to be like. Thrashing everywhere. I guess I should have gotten to the front, but I am still not sure of my swimming skills and got off to the back and side. When the horn sounded, I went into freestyle form and was running into people everywhere. Couldn't get around people, ended up doing the breast stroke for most of race because everytime I tried to get around the crowd, I almost ran over some one. Found out that doing the b-stroke for such a distance can really make you sore the next day if you are not used to it... What would you do differently?: Get towards the front next time, be more confident Transition 1
Comments: First transition ever, learned a lot. No real issues getting suit off. Must practice riding without socks, as I had the wet-foot-sock wrestle thing happening... What would you do differently?: No socks, may need different cycle shoes in future Bike
Comments: I felt good on the bike, (probably just happy to be out of the water!) I felt like I was really doing better than the results showed. I focused on how many I passed vs how many passed me. Score was about 60 or so to 3. About 3 miles out, I came to a mental crossrosads - Push hard or lay off to "save myself" for the run. Decided to keep pushing as hard as I could, because no matter what I did, the run was going to be brutal for me. (See notes below) What would you do differently?: Nothing really, just going to take some more training. Transition 2
Comments: Will need to practice some transitions at home before I try the fancy moves... What would you do differently?: Nothing Run
Comments: Brutal for me - lack of run training showed very clearly. Probably ended up walking about 1/3 or more of course. Heart rate would go up, I would walk until it came back down. Finish was great, family was there cheering me on. Am I really a triathalete now? What would you do differently?: Train more for next one. Post race
Warm down: Probably a mistake, but I just kinda walked around with wife and daughter, probably should have stretched out some or something. Stood and cheered others on. Saw Kenny (Ten9T6) finish. Saw Aaron and Gary. Great to meet everyone. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of training, lack of experience. Need to re-work training plan to focus more on run and swim. Event comments: Great race, team play tri put on a good event. Next year I will do the sprint and then attend some of the other activities that went on all day. Last updated: 2007-04-21 12:00 AM
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Ate breakfast at 4:45 bad bagel from 7-11 and peanut butter. need to think through this some more before OKC. Arrived early and set up transition. Didn't forget anything, which I was worried about.
None really, just walked around trying to get a feel for what a triathlon was all about.