TriGREENville Sprint Triathlon
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TriGREENville Sprint Triathlon - Triathlon
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What would you do differently?: Not much, my swimming has been limited by back pain and I am just starting to get to a point where I feel I can build intensity and distance. I did the best I could with what I had! Transition 1
Comments: Transition felt a little slow to me but 45 seconds is decent and I was the fastest woman so no complaints. We had to wear our race numbers on the bike so that took a little extra time for me to put on. We did not mount our bikes until we exited T1 so that would be added to my bike time. What would you do differently?: Not much. Bike
Comments: This ride was by far a PR for me in a race. I had a goal to break out of the teens which I did but I continue to feel I could/should have done better. 21 mph was in my sights. I'm never satisfied. Transition 2
Comments: No issues here. My running shoes slid on nicely, no socks, already had my race belt on so off I went. What would you do differently?: ? Run
Comments: This run is a bear. Just tough. I really struggled, wanted to walk, cussed myself for racing at all, wondered why I do this to myself, asked myself why I pay good money to torture myself etc. You get the idea. The only thing that kept me at it was a young 26 year old who was right in front of me for the entire race. She had caught me with the drafting pack on the bike and I stuck with her for the whole run. I kept thinking I could catch her but when I tried to pick up the pace it felt awful - cold chills, weak and could not breath. It made me feel better that the people in front of me looked like they felt as bad as I did. One guy stopped to walk. Tiff reminded me later that she hates trails, said she took one look at her watch and just turned it off so she didn't have to look. I don't think she'll go back with me :). The lady who was second in my age group is a really good runner - she ran 7:40 pace - even she said she wanted to walk. All I can say is I did not walk. What would you do differently?: My run training is a struggle my my effort was there. There was not much I could do different - I really fought this out. Post race
Warm down: The RD had some absolutely heavenly towels in a bucket with ice. I laid on the ground with the towel over my head. Last updated: 2012-07-02 12:00 AM
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78F / 26C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 20/55
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 1/4
I woke up at 4:00 and ate a hard boiled egg, 1 piece of toast, 1 peach and drank a cup of coffee. I talked my training friend (Tiff) into racing this tri with me so I packed up the van and headed to her house.
I set up transition, went to the bathroom, did a quick ride to check what gear my bike was in, went to bathroom again then headed to the water. Warmed up with a 600, the water felt great but I felt a little off and just prepared myself for the fight ahead. There are a lot of big rocks at the edge of the lake where you exit/enter but the RD put a really nice carpeted ramp there so I practiced swimming right up to the ramp until I touched with my hands, pulled my legs to the ramp then exited. Then I ran back up to transition to turn my Garmin on (I don't wear it during the swim, just leave it on my bike).