Race Report-Savannah Sprint Triathlon #3
6-11-2011
Joel had charge of quarters duty, which is a 24 hour duty, so he wasn't able to spectate at this one. Loraine came and brought my girls. The was my last fun little sprint race before my big races coming up.
500M/13.1/3
The water temperature was 80 degrees, so no wetsuit. The women were the second wave, deep water start. We had to tread water for almost 3 minutes before our horn went off. Our horn went off, and I started the self talk: telling myself no to start frantically stroking. I started chanting in my head "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" and even though it seems like everyone was swimming so much faster than me, I kept chanting it, and fought the temptation to become frantic. The swim felt good, and it didn't feel gassed coming out of the water. I finally reached the shore and ran into transition: Swim time was 9:42
T1 No wetsuit to wrestle with, so just had to slap the bike shoes on, throw off the helmet, grab bike and go. My first time breaking 1 minute in T1. T1 time was :53
Bike was a flat course in some questionable neighborhoods. I was a little frightened by this so I just wanted to ride fast to get out of there! I quickly passed 30 people or so, then I caught up with the leading ladies. I was averaging about 22 MPH. I was keeping up with the 3 leading ladies, who ended up taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd female overall. I would passed one of them and they would pass me back, they did the same thing with each other. We did this the rest of the bike. About .3 from the finish line some ladies had her mean-looking dogs in the middle on the road and they were barking and chasing the racers. I managed to pass unharmed and then one of the police officers was heading out to take care of the situation. I got to the mount line close behind the leading ladies. Bike time was 36:08
T2 racked bike, took helmet off, flicked off bike shoes, put on my Zoot racers and left. T2 time was :47
Run was 2 laps in the park where to transition area was. I had no idea what place I was in at this time, but I got passed by 2 of the leading ladies who passed me as if I was standing still. Turns out one of them was the first place female overall and she's 51 years old, kick ass! It takes me about a mile for my legs to realize I'm running now, so I was able to negative split after the first mile. I saw the finish line and felt the spark, so I was able to sprint to the finish line which got me a shout out from the announcer. Run time was 22:58
Total time was 1:10:30
After they posted the preliminary results, I saw I was 1st place in my age group, so we stayed for the awards. I missed 3rd female overall by 43 seconds. Got a medal and plaque. On the way home we stopped at McDonald's for frozen strawberry lemonades for the girls, and a sugar free latte for me.
Official results:
www.drcsports.com/ARCHIVE/2011/savtri-du_3.shtml
Pics:
theadventuresofashrinkingfatchick.blogspot.com/2011/06/race- report-savannah-sprint-triathlon-3.html
Joel had charge of quarters duty, which is a 24 hour duty, so he wasn't able to spectate at this one. Loraine came and brought my girls. The was my last fun little sprint race before my big races coming up.
500M/13.1/3
The water temperature was 80 degrees, so no wetsuit. The women were the second wave, deep water start. We had to tread water for almost 3 minutes before our horn went off. Our horn went off, and I started the self talk: telling myself no to start frantically stroking. I started chanting in my head "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" and even though it seems like everyone was swimming so much faster than me, I kept chanting it, and fought the temptation to become frantic. The swim felt good, and it didn't feel gassed coming out of the water. I finally reached the shore and ran into transition: Swim time was 9:42
T1 No wetsuit to wrestle with, so just had to slap the bike shoes on, throw off the helmet, grab bike and go. My first time breaking 1 minute in T1. T1 time was :53
Bike was a flat course in some questionable neighborhoods. I was a little frightened by this so I just wanted to ride fast to get out of there! I quickly passed 30 people or so, then I caught up with the leading ladies. I was averaging about 22 MPH. I was keeping up with the 3 leading ladies, who ended up taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd female overall. I would passed one of them and they would pass me back, they did the same thing with each other. We did this the rest of the bike. About .3 from the finish line some ladies had her mean-looking dogs in the middle on the road and they were barking and chasing the racers. I managed to pass unharmed and then one of the police officers was heading out to take care of the situation. I got to the mount line close behind the leading ladies. Bike time was 36:08
T2 racked bike, took helmet off, flicked off bike shoes, put on my Zoot racers and left. T2 time was :47
Run was 2 laps in the park where to transition area was. I had no idea what place I was in at this time, but I got passed by 2 of the leading ladies who passed me as if I was standing still. Turns out one of them was the first place female overall and she's 51 years old, kick ass! It takes me about a mile for my legs to realize I'm running now, so I was able to negative split after the first mile. I saw the finish line and felt the spark, so I was able to sprint to the finish line which got me a shout out from the announcer. Run time was 22:58
Total time was 1:10:30
After they posted the preliminary results, I saw I was 1st place in my age group, so we stayed for the awards. I missed 3rd female overall by 43 seconds. Got a medal and plaque. On the way home we stopped at McDonald's for frozen strawberry lemonades for the girls, and a sugar free latte for me.
Official results:
www.drcsports.com/ARCHIVE/2011/savtri-du_3.shtml
Pics:
theadventuresofashrinkingfatchick.blogspot.com/2011/06/race- report-savannah-sprint-triathlon-3.html
Jillian
Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, Army Wife, 3x Ironman Finisher
Mazel Tov! You are such an inspiration to me! Way to go. And I loved the pictures. You look so happy at the end. You will rock your IM.
Jan
Jan
Bay to Breakers 12K May 15, 2011 (1:54:40) First 5K 5/23/11 (41:22)
Half Marathons: Napa: 7/18/10 (4:11:21) 7/17/11 (3:30:58) 7/15/12 (3:13:11.5)
SJ Rock and Roll: 10/2/10 (3:58:22) Run Surf City: 2/6/11 (3:19:54)
Diva: 5/6/12 (3:35:00)
HW/SW/CW 349/326/176
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Half Marathons: Napa: 7/18/10 (4:11:21) 7/17/11 (3:30:58) 7/15/12 (3:13:11.5)
SJ Rock and Roll: 10/2/10 (3:58:22) Run Surf City: 2/6/11 (3:19:54)
Diva: 5/6/12 (3:35:00)
HW/SW/CW 349/326/176
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Awesome! You are a total rockstar! I love reading your races hoping oneday I can hit times like those.
Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
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