phxphotog - 2010-03-01 11:24 AM Congrats BTTurtle...you can now say that you are a triathlete. You also have a baseline to go for PR's now. I can't wait til my 1st tri on 3/14.
What was your impression on the tri? Swim, Bike, Run & transition.
Hey, I was told I can claim a PR as soon as I finish the race.
Jokes apart, I thought of it as a good race. Being sick the entire race week, helped me to convince myself to slow down and just look forward to just finishing it.
Swim - I didn't enjoy swapping lanes under the lanes/buoy and even got bruised once on the shoulder. Also, did not like the fact that we had to get out of the pool and restart in lane 1.
Bike - The organizers did awesome, considering the weather. Only worry and I did have to slow down a couple times - Sweetwater st
(?
) still had vehicles, as it was a residential area and there were cars passing us in that narrow road. Kind of scary. I could barely see while I was pounding in that rain.
Run - I've self doubt about the correctness of the distance/ my time
(I could be wrong
). I never felt like I was running less than 9 min mile. I had calf strain from earlier that week and I wasn't pushing it either. I need to mention that there were these mind-blowing awesome volunteers
(thanks to the lady at the end of the street managing the water booth
) who stood out in the rain through out.
That being said,
--Although I'm still waiting my first OWS, I'm unsure I will prefer to do pool swim again to OWS.
--I think the race itself was well organized, specially considering the weather.
--No way to tell T1 and T2 times specifically, as they were clubbed with bike timings
(so was I told
). I'm not sure how I did.
--Post race activity was un-impressive, specially the fuel food.
(Tried a raw banana and had to dump it
)
--Still suggest this race as a first race to others; as I enjoyed it with certain reservations.
Finally, thanks to Tom
(Fitzy
), I did not have my helmet on while leaving T2.
And to the rest of BT friends, for being able to complete my first.
Good luck for March 14th.