Lake Waconia Triathlon
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Lake Waconia Triathlon - TriathlonSprint
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Swim
Comments: This is the first swim in a race that I did not panic! I kept it calm, relaxed and paced well. I did my 5 stroke free style and one or two breaststroke (for sighting). I had a harder time holding my course on the last leg but I think that was due to getting tired. What would you do differently?: Learn to sight during my freestyle and keep up the OWS practice Transition 1
Comments: This will always be a little slow as I have to tape my toe. What would you do differently?: Practice so i lay thing out better and don't fumble around (and forget things) Bike
Comments: According to my bike computer just before I entered the park I was at an 18.1 mph ave. The time to the mat dropped me below 18. At the 15 mile mark I was at about an 18.6 mph ave. Those hills and the little bit of wind I hit took it out of me in the last section. I stopped drinking when I thought I would have to hit the prot-a-potty before the run. That may have been a bit of a bad idea. What would you do differently?: Not much. I followed my plan and gave it all I had on the bike as we will see in the run report. Transition 2
Comments: I had forgot my gel flask for on the bike so I had to take a slug here and down some water hoping for a little energy by the half way point of the run. What would you do differently?: Remember to have my gels on the bike so I can get that on the move. Run
Comments: Here is where giving it all on the bike hurt. The run starts out with a long uphill (Cemetery Hill). By the time I got to the top I was really hurting. I was hot, my pace and form was shot and I had 3 more miles to go. I was at a 13:07/mile pace at that point. After the turn around I did get a chance to get my groove going but the dang hills would just slam me good. It turned into a math game to see if I was on pace to finsih the race in 2:30 or under. What would you do differently?: More run workouts (including hill). I have really slacked on the run workouts this month. Also need to do more bike to run brincks. Post race
Warm down: Talked to Tom and Jer a bit. Watch Kristin finish. Caught up with my daughter who was all happy to hug me until she felt the soaking wet shirt:) At some food (hot dog, fruit, Great Harvest Bread, and a bag od Frito's What limited your ability to perform faster: My overall conditioning and my knee conditions Last updated: 2007-06-01 12:00 AM
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70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 417/
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 37/
Alarm went off at 5:15. Got up made some coffee, ate a bowl of Cheerios, loaded up my prepacked bags and took off for the race. Listened to a little Meatloaf on the the way to Waconia.
After I had my transition area laid out I did a little bike ride (to the top of Cemetery Hill) and after the race meeting I got in the lake and swam out to the first bouy.