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Swim
Comments: Felt great to the first buoy; in the mix and drafting well. After that, my total lack of swimming caught up to me and I was just trying to swim as straight as possilbe. Felt comfortable the whole time but was slow and just couldn't maintain pace; even when athletes went by, there was nothing I could do to draft off them. What would you do differently?: Swim Transition 1
Comments: Wetssuit stuck on left arm but otherwise, good. What would you do differently?: Nothing Bike
Comments: All the juniors were out of the water ahead of me so the chase was on; I passed one girl shortly out of transition but I knew I was in trouble as I was totally gassed from the swim. Nothing felt right and I just felt I was struggling on the bike. I was bringing people back but working very hard to do it and knew that my bike split was going to be disappointing. Saw the other juniors as I was getting close to the turnaround but they were all too far away to reel back in by the end of the bike. Fortunately, this renewed my focus and I hammered back down to transition; mainly downhill and I was flying back into town. Turned into town, got my feet out of my shoes aand into transition. What would you do differently?: Swim more Transition 2
Comments: Very good What would you do differently?: Nothing Run
Comments: Run went very well; got out on the run and to the steep climb; was running but felt really slow. Decided to walk and think I was walking faster than I was running up the hill; as soon as I was at the top, back to runninng and chasing. I realized on the hill thta I had passed a junior who was in the penalty box as she yelled at me to keep running. She is normally a 21ish tri runner so this helped keep me focused; stay away from her and chase down the two juniors I knew were in front of me. There was also a guy in the 50-59AG just in front of me and I was trying to reel him in; even though we passed a few runners, he kept a very consistent gap between us so I stare just trying to keep him there and then try to get him in the last km. Passed another female junior on an uphill; told her to stay focused, hit the turnaroun and then start pushing through the finish. Saw the only junior left in front of me about 400m before the turnaround; with how strong he looked, I knew I wasn't bringing him back; told him to drop the hammer and finish strong. Passed a couple more athletes but still wasn't getting any closer to the guy in front; started running harder inside 1km but he still held the gap; as we came up to the 500m to go, he opened it up a bit and I had nothing left; quick shoulder check to see nobody there so cruised it in to Victoria and Alexis cheering me on. What would you do differently?: Swim more. Post race
Warm down: Chatted with juniors and cleaned up transition. TD also talked about the penalty to a junior to make sure there were no issues. What limited your ability to perform faster: Swimming Last updated: 2012-08-22 12:00 AM
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2012-08-22 6:45 AM |
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Canada
25C / 77F
Sunny
Overall Rank = 13/56
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 3/7
On vacation for the past week; very little biking or running and essentially no swimming all year. Enjoyed the day with Victoria and Alexis and just made sure I had all my race stuff.
Talked to junior athletes at the start line; as his was the provincial champiionship, many were there and excited I was racing. We talked about the course, pacing, transition and watched oly distance athletes exit the swim. Quick swim and then lined up.