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Comments: My first OW swim, ever. I started fairly well, but I was NOT prepared for the cold water at all. I'm glad I didn't polar-bear it, although some guys did. I still need to build my swim base SO much. I got a little misoriented while doing the backstroke, and had to get back on track. Fortunately, it was only about 50 meters or so. What would you do differently?: MUCH more swim practice. Transition 1
Comments: One word for this T1 - PAM! I'm SO glad I used a liberal amount! What would you do differently?: N/A Bike
Comments: Some idiot tried to pass on the inside, while leaving the park - I was forced wide right and almost dumped my bike. I caught and passed him quickly, with a sneer, and made sure he only got to view my @$$ after that! Coming into the T2, the guy right in front of me stopped short, and my right leg got ripped open by my pedal. What would you do differently?: Compete a little more cut-throat. I should've kept my line on that left hand turn, and made that first guy slow down. My HR was fairly high, but I probably could've taken the hills a little harder. Transition 2
Comments: T2 went fairly smooth, except for the blood dripping down my leg... What would you do differently?: Not bleed! Run
Comments: My toes had become numb on the bike ride, due to the cold water from the lake, and the wind over my feet. I didn't get feeling back for a mile or so. The last mile was definitely my best, but I need to have my normal speed within the first 1/2 mile or so. What would you do differently?: Ride my bike during the run portion? Post race
Warm down: Went to the transition area to try to clean the dried blood off my leg. Grabbed a powerade, banana, and clif brownie. What limited your ability to perform faster: Inability to swim, and running off the bike. Photos in the album section, under Fall Chill. Event comments: A few errors prevent me from knowing my times/rankings. I forgot to set my stopwatch before my wave started, so I couldn't really track my time. My wave was supposed to start at 9:15, and I was walking in the post-race area at 10:46, so I'm guestimating 1:30 for my time. I have to wait until Tuesday to get my actual times. The volunteer that wrote my number on me, wrote the wrong number - Racer #44 will have like double his actual time, while I have no time, until they figure out everything. Here I was shooting for a PB, and a place in the top 3 in the Clydes, but I have no idea if I beat that 1:27 mark or not. OK, so now I have my time 1:32:12 128/231 overall (splits won't be available until Thursday). I'm REALLY bummed now. I so wanted a top-5 in my group (since I knew I didn't get a top-3 placing). It'll be some good fuel for when I get training again, but right now it burns. All I can say is this has been quite the learning season; I'll be a lot better next season. 10/1 - just got my split times. My transition times are fine, and my bike split was very good for only having a week to practice on my new bike. I'm very happy that my run was so much better than my first tri, but I still need to pick up the pace here (more intervals and hills!) My swim sucked, but I don't think I could've done much better without any OW preparatory work. I don't know where the other 2 people came in, but I got bumped back in the standings of my division! THIS really makes me mad. I had heard grumblings about the way they timed previous races out there, and now I'm starting to understand. For instance, there's a person ranked 125 overall - ALL of my splits are faster than him, but his overall time is faster, how the heck does that happen? By my count, I beat this guy by over a full minute! Last updated: 2004-08-31 12:00 AM
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60F / 16C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 130/233
Age Group = Clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 7/11
Banana, yogurt, fruit grain bar for breakfast - long drive to Loveland. Set up T1, found coredump, infosteward, bootygirl
Quick swim in the cold, cold lake! Found Novo in the water!