I've been lurking since I found about a new ruling at work about posting on message boards (a big NO-NO) and our PC at home has been out of commssion. But here it goes...
I did the Subaru Women's Triathlon yesterday--my 3rd year doing this event. 2 years ago, my time was 1:45, last year 1:39 and this year 1:36! (first year was on a hybrid bike though
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Breakfast-coffee, small glass of OJ and whole wheat bagel with peanut butter. PowerBar Gel 15 minutes before swim.
750m swim
20k bike
5k run
Overall 1:36
Swim 15:04
t1 4:26
bike 44:44
t2 2:22
run 30:00
AG 49/174
overall 603/1889
I've been part of coached group for the first time over the past 8 weeks and the coach has been pushing me to improve on my freestyle (in the past I've relied on breast stroke). I' ve been trying to build up my endurance and felt pretty confident going into this event. I managed to do about 50% freestyle and 50% breast stroke--only to find out that I lost 30 seconds this year! Oh well--in the long run my legs did feel less tried afterwards. The transition from the swim to the bike is a very long uphill run-some of it on sand. The bike felt good-I was really surprised that I did not improve more on my bike time from last year. I purposely did not look at my watch following the swim-I was playing a mental game with myself. I wanted to push myself as much as possible, without relying on my watch. I didn't look at it again until I crossed the finish line. The run felt pretty good as well. The weather was ideal, 70 and overcast.
All in all, I'm pleased that I improved over last year. I do realize that I need to continue working on my freestyle, but it was disappointing to see a slower swim time. My other goal is to get faster on the bike. I had the usual delimma of asking myself if I should push harder on the bike and just deal with it if my legs feel like rubber for the run? This was my B race-A race is in August.
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I did the Subaru Women's Triathlon yesterday--my 3rd year doing this event. 2 years ago, my time was 1:45, last year 1:39 and this year 1:36! (first year was on a hybrid bike though
) Breakfast-coffee, small glass of OJ and whole wheat bagel with peanut butter. PowerBar Gel 15 minutes before swim.
750m swim
20k bike
5k run
Overall 1:36
Swim 15:04
t1 4:26
bike 44:44
t2 2:22
run 30:00
AG 49/174
overall 603/1889
I've been part of coached group for the first time over the past 8 weeks and the coach has been pushing me to improve on my freestyle (in the past I've relied on breast stroke). I' ve been trying to build up my endurance and felt pretty confident going into this event. I managed to do about 50% freestyle and 50% breast stroke--only to find out that I lost 30 seconds this year! Oh well--in the long run my legs did feel less tried afterwards. The transition from the swim to the bike is a very long uphill run-some of it on sand. The bike felt good-I was really surprised that I did not improve more on my bike time from last year. I purposely did not look at my watch following the swim-I was playing a mental game with myself. I wanted to push myself as much as possible, without relying on my watch. I didn't look at it again until I crossed the finish line. The run felt pretty good as well. The weather was ideal, 70 and overcast.
All in all, I'm pleased that I improved over last year. I do realize that I need to continue working on my freestyle, but it was disappointing to see a slower swim time. My other goal is to get faster on the bike. I had the usual delimma of asking myself if I should push harder on the bike and just deal with it if my legs feel like rubber for the run? This was my B race-A race is in August.
http://This message has been edited by pichburg (edited Jun-25-2007).
