Black Bear Triathlon
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Comments: Started in the back of the pack, as usual and was not feeling positive this morning, unfortunately. The swim has always been a big mental obstacle for me. Physically, it's the 2nd strongest of the 3 sports for me, though. Basically just took too many breast stroke breaks, especially if someone swam into me. Breathing in the wetsuit was surprisingly OK (after my hyperventilation episode a few days earlier). My time should have been about 3 minutes faster. What would you do differently?: I don't know how to overcome my dread of the swim other than to just keep doing practice open water swims and practice having people swim into me while I keep going. Other than that, get therapy? :-) Transition 1
Comments: 3:31 Remove wetsuit & run/walk to T1 3:41 Actual time in transition area Since this was my first wetsuit tri, I really took my time. It was a long haul from the swim exit to transition (about 1/4 mile) and I knew I had a hilly bike ahead of me, so decided to just take my time with it and get my heart rate down and mentally prepared for the bike. What would you do differently?: For this year, nothing. For future years, probably jog to T1 and speed it up a little once there. Bike
Comments: The bike is my strongest sport, and I really had fun with it today. For some reason, regardless of how ugly the bike is, I just approach it so differently from the swim. So, it was hilly. 'Nuff said. Can't emphasize it enough. lol. Lots of slingshot hills, so made really good and frequent use of the aerobars. CANNOT believe I had to walk parts of 2 of the hills, but I had plenty of company. A friend who also did this race and finished way ahead of me said she saw lots of walkers too. Crazy bike, but I'll climb any hill around for the chance to speed downhill in the aeroboars. What a rush! :-) What would you do differently?: Attach a motor to my bike for the really steep hills? lol Transition 2
Comments: Uneventful and average T2. Was gonna change my socks and didn't - good choice. Very crowded T2 because by the time I got there, most racers were finished with the race and were congregating in T2 before the awards ceremony. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Run
Comments: This was a really gorgeous run course, and on a great surface. I'm not fan of running on hard surfaces, so was looking forward to a trail run, and it did not disappoint. It was flat to moderately hilly, and coming off the bikes, my legs felt the best they ever have for a brick! My time doesn't reflect that, though. I took several very quick walk breaks, but I guess I was running slower than I thought, looking at my time. Yikes! What would you do differently?: Running is my weakest sport, so just "keep running Forrest." Post race
Warm down: BioFreeze is awesome! Had some water and food afterwards, should probably have stretched, but didn't. Put BioFreeze on my knees for the first time and agree that it's great stuff. Additionally, iced my knees an hour or so later to further reduce inflammation. Writing this up about 9 hrs post-race, knees feel pretty good. What limited your ability to perform faster: Letting my mental demons take over a little too much on the swim and just generally not being a fast racer. I'm never going to be super speedy, so I'm thrilled to just finish these things! Last updated: 2007-05-07 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 268/277
Age Group = F 40-44
Age Group Rank = 15/15
I've edited my race report to indicate official times and placements (watch time was only off by 3 seconds overall, which is cool). Almost DFL - I've got to stop looking at official results. They just bring me down. :-(
Little sleep the night before. "Bed" (couch) at 11:00 at the friend of a friend's, where there were too many distractions and noises. Up at 5:00. Bkfst: grapefruit juice, tea, 2 pcs wheat toast w/peanut butter. Banana about an hr before race.
None. Got to race site too late to really get in any warmup. Stretched a little.