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Comments: When I got in the water I looked behind me and I was the last one, but I could see that everyone (like 100 people) were drifting in and were going to miss buoy #2. They did and had to double back, but now I was in front of a lot of them. I passed a good many, as well. I just loved the feel of that bobbing, wavy ocean....the temp was perfect. Not too warm, and definitely not cold. A nice surprise. Another nice surprise was when I turned to breathe on the ocean side (as opposed to the shore side) I saw six dolphin really close and a flock of pelicans over the dolphin. It was fantastic. I just tried to enjoy the moment and enjoy the swim. I wanted to imprint that memory in my brain for when I'm 90 years old and am looking back on my life. Sweet. What would you do differently?: Just be faster.  Transition 1
Comments: This transition includes a 200 yard run from the beach, through the sand volleyball courts, and across two lanes of road....hence the long T1 time. But I loved not having to deal with the socks! Just grabbed my helmet, threw on my shoes and left. I noticed Russ' bike still racked and wondered briefly if he'd drowned. Found out later he was one of those that missed the buoy.  Bike
Comments: A pb bike time for me. Again, I just really tried to enjoy it. I looked around at the beautiful palm trees and really tried to incorporate some joy in with the pumping and the sweat. I passed a good many people, mainly the mtn. bike brigade. On my third lap cracker passed me and I was glad to see he was breathing. What would you do differently?: Nothing here, just ride more on the new bike and put my aerobars on. Transition 2
Comments: Crowded racks left me no where to put my bike, someone took my spot so I just had to make do. Got my shoes on and realized at mile 1 that I forgot to take the stick of gum out of my shoe that I always put in there to have for the run. Squishy, but now my left foot is minty fresh. My race belt came apart, but I fixed it pretty quickly on the run. What would you do differently?: Remember the gum.  Run
Comments: I'm not sure if it was the humidity or what, but I was H-O-T. My legs felt good, a little heavy, but not bad. I was just suffering from the heat...which is crazy cuz it was only 80 degrees. Anyway, ended up running a bit slower than I thought I could, but tried to enjoy it and still push myself. It was a tough run for me, but I was happy just to not be home folding laundry, so I smiled the whole way. What would you do differently?: Be superfast. Post race
Warm down: Cleaned up, changed clothes, retrieved my earrings from the bathroom. Went to the awards thingy. What limited your ability to perform faster: Heat on the run, still having big booty issues. Must drop some more weight. Event comments: I just want to say that this race was different than the others in the types of people that were racing. Normally I see all different body types, not today. 99% of these women looked like Kona calendars. I think because of the fear of the water temps this time of year, it tends to keep a lot of the beginners away. I am not usually intimidated, but I think I was a little today. I will not beat myself up for not doing better against them, I am still a beginner and I really have improved times each race. It's just hard to be such a competitive person and, at the same time, be so slow. But when I crossed that finish line, the joy was all still there...times or no times, I thoroughly enjoyed this race and really didn't want it to be over. Okay, back to the laundry. Last updated: 2006-01-08 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 195/235
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 8/10
Got up at 3:45am to shower and get dressed. Had pnb toast, coffee. Loaded my stuff, loaded my bike. Drove the hour to Hilton Head and got marked and chipped. Racked my bike, had some gatorade and found Russ (gullahcracker). We both put on our new and fancy BT tatoos and then walked out to the beach to check the ocean temp. It was nice, so we were contemplating not wearing the wetsuits, but then I overheard a girl squawking about how she got pocked by three jellyfish the day before...so I decided to wear mine, if for no other reason to fend off the jellies.
After the pre-race meeting everyone headed to the beach for a little swim meeting, I scooted off to the nice and fancy hidden bathrooms. BTW, all bathrooms on Hilton Head are pristine. In the bathroom I put on my swim cap and realized I still had my earrings on....and they're purty and some of my favorites, so I hid them in the bathroom, I didn't have time to thake them back to transition. You don't want to know where. I was nervous about missing the swim start, so I ended up jogging down the beach to be able to get there on time. So that was a nice little run to shake the nerves and get ready to swim, baby.