Overall time: 1:31 (2006 1:36)
.75k swim: 17:45
t-1 2:49 (hard to get wet socks on your wet feet!)
20k bike: 39:01
t-2 2:06
5k run: 30:08
Pleasant Prairie, WI 8/19
Breakfast-stale mini rasin bagel, cranberry juice and Chocolate Chip Clif bar.
20 minutes before swim: Mocha clif shot gel
As Ron indicated in his RR, the weather was crappy. I honestly thought they would cancel the event due bad weather/thunderstorms. Everything was delayed about an hour. Quite a few people opted not to stick around--some high end bikes were leaving the transition area...so I was thinking "am I crazy?" I just tried to stay Zen about it and decided to do the best I could do with the weather conditions and take it easy on the bike to avoid crashing, or causing anyone else to crash.
For the first time ever, I had a panic attack in the water--I'm not afraid of the water at all! I was gasping and could not catch my breath--I was so tempted to swim up to the first platform and tell them I was a DNF. I just did breast stroke and did not put my head under water and eventually I was able to get in control. Very strange-not sure what happened! Hope it never happens again. Suprisingly, my swim was 2 minutes faster than last year--imagine what it would have been if I didn't have my little episode at the beginning! The run up the beach to t1 is slightly steep & sandy.
t-1 went fairly smooth, I had put everything in a plastic bag to try and keep it dry. Getting my socks on was a challenge, gloves as well. I felt good right away, and there are 2 hills right at the beginning - the sames hills occur on the back as well. I had to be cautious on the turns since the pavement was still pretty wet and it was lightly drizzling-but I still managed to pass quite a few people. 1 minute improvement on the bike from last year.
t-2 uneventful, except I had a hard time getting my gloves off.
The run went OK-this is my weakest part & I'm a slow runner. It was great to have the cooler temps since the course is not really shaded at all. My legs felt pretty strong and I managed to take almost 2 minutes off my run from last year.
All in all I was quite pleased, especially with the wet conditions on the bike course.
It was great to see Ronbo again, but unfortunately I didn't get to meet up with any other CR's.
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