Sprint race report

[btchance]

That is an awesome time TriGirl - you'd kick my butt for sure. Completely understand about being passed by senior citizens and little kids - they just seem to come flying by me. I bet you were glad for the rain - it definately gets hot there in OK.

eclectic and KSH - good luck tomorrow, and let us know how it goes.

[alpinerabbit]

Now I am scared.

Of your killer times, of 79 year olds running me over on the bike, and of everything else that's in store for me 2 weeks from now.

[Tri Girl]

Alpine- there's nothing to be scared of. The senior citizens and young whipper snappers passing me on the bike and run are something I'm used to by now. I justify it by saying the seniors are more experienced and have been doing it a long time. The young kids I justify by saying they're young and have boundless energy. I can justify anything...

Most of all- I compete to compete with myself. I know it's about me and the clock. My first few tris when I'd get passed by tons of people on the bike really bothered me. Now I don't even think about it. It's just me and the race. Same thing will go for you next week. It's just you and the race. It's you doing the best you can on that given day. For the female winner of the race yesterday- her best was 1:05 . For the last place woman- her best was 1:55. It's all about what you can do. We're out there doing it- that's the best part!!!

Which race are you doing again Alpine??? Are you ready??? What will be your favorite of the three parts to do??

[Running Mommy]

GREAT JOB!!!
And yeah, I know all about getting run down by the older folks! At NYCM one year a guy with one leg and on crutches smoked me. I call it "character building"..

Again GREAT JOB!!!
So when is the next race??

[alpinerabbit]

Most of all- I compete to compete with myself. I know it's about me and the clock. My first few tris when I'd get passed by tons of people on the bike really bothered me. Now I don't even think about it. It's just me and the race. Same thing will go for you next week. It's just you and the race. It's you doing the best you can on that given day. For the female winner of the race yesterday- her best was 1:05 . For the last place woman- her best was 1:55. It's all about what you can do. We're out there doing it- that's the best part!!!

Which race are you doing again Alpine??? Are you ready??? What will be your favorite of the three parts to do??

Yeah I am ready. I think I am.

I am doing the Zurich triathlon, short (= sprint) distance.
Swim - I have worked hard on my stroke and every time I learned some efficiency-boosting improvement, I could not hold up for more than a 50 m lane at a time and had to work myself up to 500 again... I was up to 500 again on Sunday but it was pretty tiring. However we did 300m in something over 6 min for the practice tri in Spain (that was in a 25 m pool). I don't know how to extrapolate to an OW swim time. I need to be sub 15 min to not be last if I compare to last year's rankings.
Bike - I estimate holding a 27-28 kph average will not kill me for the run. Aiming for 30 would. So 44 minutes for the 20K bike. The course is dead flat.
Run - I can do 10 K in one hour so 5K in 30 min should be feasible - correct me if I am cheating myself here?!? That course is dead flat too.
At or Sub30 is necessary if I don’t want to be last.

Yeah I am competing against myself, true, but I also have set my mind to fight against the red lantern – within my age group that will be a challenge.

I guess my favorite is the bike as it is my “original” discipline (considering I only started 2 years ago that’s quite the joke too). But I am also hoping to get an adrenaline kick when I cross the finish line (my hair stood on end when I finished that practice tri, and also last December on “my first run”) – so I’m hoping that I will enjoy the run as well.

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I got passed biking up the Stelvio last year by an old guy with no calf muscles - we reckon it was polio or something. If a hand biker had come up right behind and passed me I would not have been surprised but I'd have about started to cry
AND there was a woman running the thing.

[beetle]

TG - WELL DONE! Great time and place. I know what you mean about distance V's sprint. No matter what I try I can't go fast but I can usually chug along for a while!

[HeatherErin]

Congrats on surviving the Speedo sighting... And big congrats on the finish! Well done!!!

[HappyAnika]

Congrats on a solid race! 3/10 in AG is great! Its funny to hear you say you were nervous about a pool swim, since I chose my tri in July because it has a pool swim. But if you're used to OW I guess it would be strange to go back to the pool. Congrats to on breaking the 1:30 mark!