First Tri
moonshine
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well this time tomorrow I will have done my first sprint in Cardiff and I am ridicously excited - last time I was this excited I was 6 and it was Christmas -
no hang on I lie it was the morning I got my Giant OCR and wanted to go and ride it[:D]
know there are a few forum bods going to be there as well so good luck guys - yippppppeee
no hang on I lie it was the morning I got my Giant OCR and wanted to go and ride it[:D]
know there are a few forum bods going to be there as well so good luck guys - yippppppeee
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I'm excited for you! Have a great day tomorrow, good luck! [:D]
P.S. Let us know how it goes..
So have given myself a stern talking to this morning
Cardiff don't give you transition times so breakdown
swim 13m 13s overall 89th
bike 51m 32s overall 84th
run 29m 39s overall 79th
Driving around both routes night before was good barr the realisation that I'd probably managed to pick one of the biggest hills to bike up for a first tri attempt and we had to do it twice- I'm sticking to 3/4 of bike route being up. Ate well slept badly I was soooo excited like a kid before Christmas. Up at 5.30, at start 6.30 setting up transition very calming despite HRM stating HR 120[:-]
swim Have had better days in a pool, crawl went to pot for 2 reasons - HR too high, had put sunscreen on face and yes the goggles flooded so the short period of time I've managed crawl the muscle memory went out of the window so back to breaststroke sigh, should know that this hapens it happens with masks when you SCUBA and always warn new divers
Bike Chain hopped off bottom ring on first loop but got it back on and managed to pass someone from my swim wave who was out of the water over 3min infront of me[:D] The steep downhill was great and I wasn't hanging onto the brakes like a demon as I would have done 11 weeks ago and didn't get of and push up any hills
Run didn't walk once, only saw 4 other runners all in swim waves after me
transitions ok though for some reason completely forgot where my helmet harness clip was in T2 even heard someone pre race start looking at my T area and saying 'oh that's a good idea' and trotting off to set up hers the same barr the bright pink towel
looking at results the lasses in the same swim wave as me who put in faster swim times I managed better bike and run times
once other half over the finish neither of us had any idea who had been faster he'd been too busy chatting to the swim marshal as they realised they knew each other to push his start button and I hit the stop time rather than the lap button with my Garmin and didn't spot it and then forgot that it was on multisport so transitions went on for ever and then get wiped when you download!!!
up this morning like a lark desperate to get training again
plot is find bigger pool and keep plodding on getting the muscle memory there as well as OW practice and yes Conehead I know and booking in will have to wait til payday on 20th[:D]
intervals on bike and run to improve speed
London 12 weeks time but looking for one inbetween now!!!!!
Great to meet the other forum members who did lots better than me
onward and upward
my swim marshall - she's mine after all the support she gave me - sat on lane 1 which was the slowest time for each wave she knew your name and encouraged you on every length
marshalls out on course cheered and clapped you everytime they saw you could have kissed everyone of them but would have made me even slower
proudly drinking tea out of her Cardiff tri finishers mug[:D]
Worth getting the bike serviced by a good LBS, if you don't have the skills in-house.
Weel done !!!