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Comments: Yeah, I SUCK big time. I was hoping to do it in 40min, but I screwed up. I have trouble with the water being cold & losing my breath, so I was doing backstroke in the beginning. Once I started, I didn't want to stop....like I was afraid I wouldn't be able to swim or something. Plus the chop really sucked! I'm def. not used to that so I need to focus more on open water swims. What would you do differently?: Not be a whimp....I KNOW I can swim freestyle!  Transition 1
Comments: Awesome wetsuit strippers pulled my suit right off....perfect! What would you do differently?: Nothing  Bike
Comments: So guess what happens on my first olympic tri....I get a flat tire. RIGHT out of T1. Luckily a volunteer could call a guy over to help me change the tire quick, but it still took about 4 min I would guess. Apparently I blew out the valve???? Bad luck if you ask me. Anyway, I'm not sure what me real MPH was because of this lost time. Overall, I think I did fine especially working in with some hills. What would you do differently?: Not get a flat Transition 2
Comments: I guess I took longer than expected, I'm over it though. What would you do differently?: Move FASTER  Run
Comments: I'm actually happy with this time, I averaged what I hoped for. I only walked a few steps to make sure I got fluids down at water stations. I'm proud of myself because I ran up the entire big hill.. no walking :) What would you do differently?: Nothing Post race
Warm down: Ate and talked to family What limited your ability to perform faster: Open water swim issues, flat tire Event comments: I must say I did soooo bad that I'm embarrassed to post this, but I'm trying to be happy for finishing. LOVE this race! Did sprint last year (and didn't do too bad), did olympic this year & did REALLY BAD.....but that's ok because I just wanted to finish being my first Olympic & all. I knew swimming would be a challenge, but somehow I figured it out, SLOWLY but surely! Last updated: 2007-07-22 12:00 AM
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 2007-07-22 9:27 PM |
Extreme Veteran  414  Green Bay, WI |  Subject: Door Country Triathlon - Long Course |
| 2007-07-22 9:55 PM in reply to: #896234 |
Master 1732   Delafield, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Door Country Triathlon - Long Course Hey you shouldn't be embarrassed at all, you did great. You finished your first oly, despite the challenges. Cold, cold swim and you did it. Flat on the bike, no problem, you kept going. Way to overcome the adversity! |
| 2007-07-23 7:36 AM in reply to: #896234 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Door Country Triathlon - Long Course My family has a lot of Door County vacations under our belt. Now you've got me thinking about a great destination race for next year! Congrats on your success... I flatted in my first Oly tri (firs tri of any distance actually) a few weeks ago... at mile 2. So I feel your pain. |
| 2007-07-23 8:49 AM in reply to: #896256 |
Extreme Veteran 414 Green Bay, WI | Subject: RE: Door Country Triathlon - Long Course jmwebs - 2007-07-22 9:55 PM Hey you shouldn't be embarrassed at all, you did great. You finished your first oly, despite the challenges. Cold, cold swim and you did it. Flat on the bike, no problem, you kept going. Way to overcome the adversity! I never looked at it that way, thanks....that makes me feel better! I would say if you're on vacation in Door County it's worth doing this tri for sure! |
| 2007-07-30 9:55 PM in reply to: #896234 |
Elite 3067 Cheesehead, WI | Subject: RE: Door Country Triathlon - Long Course Hey Runner! Great job! I have yet to do an oly but figure it will be tough. YOu did great in spite of it all. And wow! Didn't know you can get help for flats! whew! But knock on wood - don't want to find out personally Nice run pace too with big hill! |
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Door Country Triathlon
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Overall Rank = 260/277
Age Group = F 20-24
Age Group Rank = 9/9
Awake @ 4am. got up @ 5 to eat PB toast and drink some water. Got dressed and got the family (aunt & cousin did short course) ready to go.
Tried to get used to the COLD water by swimming a bit.