Patriot's Half 2007
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Patriot's Half 2007 - Triathlon1/2 Ironman
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Comments: I'm disappointed in my swim. Well, not in my swim, but in my navigation. The swim itself felt pretty great--I was moving smoothly and I angled the two turn buoys just right. Then there came the third, heading back to shore leg, that was where things, as they say, went awry. The sun was directly in my eyes, and when I made the last turn, I looked around and didn't see the buoys. I did see a boat, so I sighted on that, thinking it was taking the place of a buoy. Swam with a bunch of other people. It was taking longer than it should have. Then I looked around and WAY off to the right I saw an orange buoy near shore, and a bunch of swimmers. Instead of the rectangle on the course map, it turned out to be a triangle in from the second turn. DAMN! I angled away from the boat to catch the line of the buoy on a diagonal. There was a little current, but what messed me up (other than totally mis-sighting) was how mad I got at myself. My form deteriorated, and what had been a really strong, comfortable swim became work. I paused to talk to a guy who had done the same thing and seemed to be flagging. I waited until a kayak came up and then went on. It didn't take long, though. I got myself out of the water, promptly cut my toe, and ran/limped to T1 to hand off the chip. A race official told us that many people did the same thing, and that we swam an extra 500-800m. Great. What would you do differently?: Sight correctly and not get so agitated. It was what it was, and I swam really well until that point. I'll work on being happy with that. :) Transition 1
Comments: It was a 1/2 mile from the swim exit to T1! Ran up a hill on a partly outdoor-carpeted, partly gravel road, then through a small field. I cut my toes up in several places. What would you do differently?: Maybe stash a pair of shoes at the exit. Bike
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**We were a three-person relay team. I was (just) the swimmer. It was fun, but not the same level of accomplishment of all the amazing athletes out there pushing themselves. Kudos to all of them!
Ate a half bagel with my nifty peanut/flax seed pb. Water, and part of a diet coke. Drove with Sarah (our runner), Tracy (biker) had left earlier to pick up her packet and get her bike set up. Got body marked, joked around with our folks.
It was wetsuit legal, but I opted not to wear mine. That water was WARM, and I would have overheated. I'm buoyant enough as it is.
Went into the water for a bit, checked where it was deep enough to start swimming. Looked at the buoys and the current. The water was chocolate brown and the current was light.