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Comments: Since it was my 1st swim at this distance during a race I pace myself but I ended swimming too slow for the 1st part. After I realized I was half way there and I wasn't tired at all I picked up the pace for the 2nd half. I ended swimming slower, hence I didn't achieve my goal of 29:30 What would you do differently?: Go out harder and keep steady pace all the way  Transition 1
Comments: I took my time as I wanted to have all my stuff ready for the LONG ride What would you do differently?: nothing  Bike
Comments: I follow my coach's advice and kept watching my pace for the 1st 15 miles. I focus on nutrition and hydration through that part. I definitely did and awesome job with nutrition. I planned an intake of 60 grams of carbs per hour. Through the 1st hour I ate one triple threat power bar and drank 24 oz. of Gatorade endurance, plus 3 endurolytes. 2nd hour I took another 3 endurolytes, I ate another triple threat bar and I drank 24 oz of cytomax. Last 40 min, 3 endurolytes, I ate 3/4 of a triple threat bar and only 20 oz of Gatorade endurance. What would you do differently?: Train more to build a better biking base. I am pretty happy I almost achieved 21 mph avg, but men there are some guys with a 22 to 24 mph average!I know it takes time and a lot of dedication, so I will work on that! Transition 2
Comments: again I took my time because I wanted to make sure my socks & sneackers were right and cofortable for the run. After all, I was expeting a painful run due to the tendonitis What would you do differently?: maybe try to do it a bit faster  Run
Comments: I took 1 GU at the start of the run and another one 45 min into the run. I drank fluids every 10 min totalling 24 to 28 oz per hour. My feet started hurting 20 min into the run so I swallow down another pain killer. last 3 miles I drank nothing but water and pepsi. What would you do differently?: not much because it was my 1st half. it was an amazing racing experience and I now I have a better bench mark about my strenghs and weaknesses. I KNOW I can dream to achieve more and I will be working towards that Post race
Warm down: massage, redbull, and 24 oz of Endurox R4 recovery drink. 3 slices of cheese pizza and a lot of hugs from my parents! :) What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing really, it is a process and I only have 1 year and 3 months worth of triathlon training. For so little I know I had come a LONG way and I can achieve much more if I keep working hard. I finished 69th overall in one of the most competitive fields in the US (or at least it is what people told me) For me, that's a BIG accomplishment. Plus 68 out of the people who beat me 28 were Pros... Not bad at all :) Event comments: I can wait to continue training for my next half. BTW, I want to thank my Coach Kurt because he is really the one who had made me train SMART and with much more quality. Not junk miles at all. THANK YOU! Last updated: 2005-08-22 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 69/1259
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 16/182
Thursday morning I waked up with pain on my left feet and I could barely walk. I iced it, massaged and wrapped it. On Fri it didn't improved and on Sat I tried to run and it was VERY painful. I went to the local hospital on Laconia, NH to see the Doctor. He diagnosed me with tendonitis and strongly recommended to skip the race and rest for a week...riiiigggghhhhhttttt. I didn't think so. I'd trained since Feb for this race; my parents came all the way from Mexico to see me racing, so at that point I knew I was going to race even if I had to walk all the run leg. I needed to get some sort of pain killer to help me soften the pain while running. I have to accept that I faked a little, well a LOT and told the doctor the pain was unbearable even to walk. That I was going to skip the race but I needed something to get me through the weekend with my parents. (I was exaggerating of course)
He agreed to give me 550 mg of naproxen pills… I took 1 on Sat at 11:00am and one at 10:00pm.
Nutrition Saturday:
Breakfast - 3 pan cakes with ham and coffee.
1 triple threat power bar & 24 oz Gatorade endurance.
Lunch - 1 hamburger with fries and more Gatorade
1 wheat bagel with nutella & water
Dinner - pasta with chicken & broccoli and 1 baked potato & water
Nutrition 2 hours before race:
One wheat bagel with nutella, 1 coffee and half baked potato. 1 caplet Multivitamin, 1 capsule green tea extract, 2 endurox excel and 32 oz of Gatorade endurance and half caplet of naproxen (pain killer)
Ran easy for 10 min (feet was a bit in pain but nothing too bad), did active streching and swam 15 min.
Took 2 endurolytes and 3 big gulps of gatorade endurance.