Swim
Comments: Thought I was starting toward the back of the pack, but I inadvertently positioned myself to start at the front and had to spend the first few minutes dealing with fighting people for room. I couldn't get into my breathing rhythm. For some reason, I have this panic reflex to try to breath when I put my face in the water. Had to slow down and concentrate on my breathing. Also, forgot to take current into account and swam too far out, and then had to angle too sharply back to the shore to catch the exit and almost overshot it. What would you do differently?: Need to figure out my breathing during starts. Also, remember to take current into account. Transition 1
Comments: This was a good transition. As I ran into the transition area, I saw there were lots of bikes still racked, which gave me a lot of encouragement. What would you do differently?: I think I did this transition well. Rank 72/118, which is below normal for me. Bike
Comments: I passed a lot of people. Only two people passed me, and I passed one of those before the end of the ride. I rode hard on the pavement and on the trail. I thought I did well. I really pushed myself. I have no idea why I was so slow in comparison with everyone else. I really thought I did well. What would you do differently?: Ride faster, I guess. Transition 2
Comments: Took a few seconds in transition to drink some PowerAde. Grabbed two squishy water bottles and put them in my jersey pockets as I ran. One water bottle had PowerAde, the other plain water. What would you do differently?: Nothing. I think I did well. Rank 68/118, which is low for me. Run
Comments: I thought I did well on the run. I maintained 5.0 mph average for the first two miles, and then slowed down a bit and ran the last half mile pretty slowly, but I was going as fast as I could. They had lots of water stations because of the heat, and I would dump two cups of water on me as I went through each station. I drank all my PowerAde and some of my bottled water. I found this very helpful so the heat was not an issue for me. What would you do differently?: Run faster. Post race
Warm down: Collapsed at the finish line for a few minutes, and then went and jumped in the river with everyone else. What limited your ability to perform faster: My body. I need to lose more weight to make it easier to run, and also just go faster. I need to swim faster, ride faster, and run faster. Event comments: Gender Rank: 26/35. I was really surprised to find out I was 98 of 118 overall. I thought for sure I would have placed much higher as there were so many bikes left in T1 when I got there, and only one person passed me. I passed a bunch of people on the bike. I didn't think that many people passed me on the run, and also it seemed I passed a lot of people heading out to the turnaround as I was already heading back. And when I was in the river, I watched a bunch of people continue to cross the finish line. It seemed like way more than 20! But, I cut 31 minutes off last year's time, so that's a plus. I'll be stronger and faster next year! Last updated: 2014-11-13 12:00 AM
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92F / 33C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 98/118
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 2/2
Drove 1 1/2 hours to the event site. Ate whole wheat bagels with cream cheese on the way down and drank a bottle of PowerAde. Decided not to have any caffeine pre-event, so skipped soda.
Tested my bike in the parking lot. Used the facilities. Walked the half mile to the swim start and swam a few strokes.