triathlon mistakes
loonytoon
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at pacrfish's suggestion and given my cock up at the weekend I thought it would be good to share triathlon mistakes and we aren't talking when madnurse put on the wrong colour laces for his tri-suit...
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So what mistakes have others made? or am I the only true idiot around here?
p.s.
Pacrfish and nurse - I guess you guys are right I can't count
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And then to the run...what can I say why I thought naye why I was convinced from the start that it was 2 laps I have no idea suffice to say ran 2 laps big final 400m finished crossed line...when my wife catches up with me tells me she thought it was (and was correct in this) three laps...bugger...roll on the DQ ,a spell in the corner with the dunce's hat on and a lesson learnt..
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So what mistakes have others made? or am I the only true idiot around here?
p.s.
Pacrfish and nurse - I guess you guys are right I can't count
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just a small mistake on sunday - don't place your number belt on your running shoes, as you will then forget to pick it up and have to dump your bike to leg it back to transition to get it, thus negating the effect of the personal best in the run element ......doh [>:] will be putting it in my helmet in future.
stu
Then there's being last - I have had the wonderful cry over the tannoy "And here's our last lady home, come on love, all the way to the line ...." I just wanted to die!
Oh, and I've not been able to haul myself out of the pool and have had to duck under the lanes to get to the steps....
And then there's the time I arrived beautifully at T2 - but couldn't decide how to dismount (foot on the floor or leg over) so came to a halt, tried both together and fell off. Fortunately the photographer was laughing so much he missed the shot...
Think I'll stop before I lose all credibility ....
The only thing I keep doing is burning out on the swim. I warm up etc, then I start the swim and I feel really good so I carry on at the same pace; which is way to fast, then end up burnt out after 100-200m and spend the rest of the swim enjoying the protein drink pools provide... not nice. I really need to learn some pacing.
glad to here I am not alone in the amusing bilke dismounts - tried a flying (racing) dismount at stratford end up with the bike horizontal and waste height taking out a barrier
Dismount was just before a kerb, and in spite of warnings and me shouting (and with 4 children, I can shout!) a number of people 'found' the kerb rather heavily because they braked too late - or just used the front brake so the bike nearly went over.
On mount/dismount you really can tell the men from the boys, so to speak. Sometimes I just had my head in my hands in despair! I am definitely going to practice because not only does one waste time, but (as I know!) one can look such a complete wally!!
Glenn.
More amusingly - in my second ever race I forgot that I would be coming in to T1 from the opposite direction, so when I counted 3 lanes in, to where my bike should be, it wasn't. Cue much pointless runnng up & down.
After the "flying bike" of last time out this time I came to a complete stop and had my feet out of the clips early ...
But I was seriously worried for some riders, specially when they wobbled all over the road into the oncoming traffic .... or came in so fast I thought they were just not going to stop ...
David
Just out of interest, when you do the competition and you say you find it harder.
1) Have you changed into your tri suit?
2) Are you swimming the same direction as everybody else?
3) Do you find it a little ddifferent swimming without your snorkell?
4) Do you maybe think dragging your bike into the pool to save transition times, may be a little bit much?
Hope one of the above may help you