Luna Sprint tri RR
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TryScott posted 4 weeks ago.
I can relate. My 2nd Olympic was a huge 20 min faster than my 1st. Most people would be smiling for weeks after chopping that much time off. I wasn't. I knew that for my fist; I just started training, never had a swim coach, much of the run was in sand, I purchased my bike just 9 days before the race, and the list goes on. For my 2nd, I trained hard for 10 months, saw a swim coach, trained for and ran my first marathon, road over 1000 miles on my bike plus more on the trainer, purchased aero bars, shoes for the bike, and got a fit. I was expecting to knock 30+ min off my time.
My next race I improved again, which felt really good. If my 3rd race was slower than my 2nd, I'd like to think that I would still be happy, but it's hard to say.
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tri-ac posted 4 weeks ago.
The only reason to be bummed about the Luna race is the slight disorganization of AASports. . It looked like the women racing were all very strong. (I was there cheering my wife in her first du, and my boy in his first splash/pedal/dash.
be happy with your times! Improvements are improvements. Learn from the places you fall short AND from the places you succeed!
Congrats on your second!!
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jtrimom posted 4 weeks ago.
I can relate to the let down feeling after you have been looking forward and focusing on one thing, then it's finished...then you have this feeling of, "now what?"
I felt that way after my last tri last season, and I imagine it may be the same this season (although I'll be training for my 1st full marathon)- but I think it's natural to feel a sense of "loss" when it's over
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at-least-i-tri posted 3 weeks ago.
Today I raced in my first ever triathlon. It was a sprint, with a 1/2 mile swim, a 20.4 mile bike, and a 3.1 mile run. My transition times weren't that bad (except T2 I almost ran out the bike out!) and I did about how I thought I would. I finished 241 out of over 900 with a time of 1:58:16, and I was happy with that. I only gave myself 3 weeks to train (but had been biking a lot before) and I can't help but wonder how I could have done if I had been in the pool more than twice this summer. But, even with the realization that I am not up on the podium, I am excited to begin training for next year!
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trigirltina2 posted 2 weeks ago.
spacemonkey wrote:
I have been mulling over this feeling of disapointment the past few days and wanted to know if anyone else has had this experience. I did my second tri, first for this season this past weekend and I have really worked hard at training this year so I think that I was expecting much better times. I had a wetsuit this time and while it was definatly warmer and more "boyant"- I had this swim-eeek- panic feeling. My arms felt like they were trapped in lead. The course was 200m longer than my first tri so that was in my mind also. I had a goal of just keeping a steady freestyle motion the whole time but I paniced and did part freestyle/part turtle move. Felt bad for the lady across from me the entire time who was doing an excellent freestyle but I managed to keep at her pace with my sad moves! Swim 20:27 for half mile
Transition rocked--I had a weird idea last time that I needed to be dry so I went from a 12 minute transition to 4:34 by just dealing with it.
Bike was along a beautiful section of water on the Columbia River. Very flat, and fast. My mountain bike and I plugged along and passed as many people as we could. Bike 49:57- 8 minutes faster than last time. I had a case of bike envy whenever a "real tri bike" zipped fast me with their thin tires and tiny frames.... Transition 2:38 which was 3 minutes faster than last time. Would have been quicker but I had this odd sensation that my sock was all knotted up around my toes and I had to check it?
Run- flat and no complaints beyond trees that must be trimmed and roots breaking up the path. 38:45- 8 minutes slower than what I have been practicing so I am a bit bummed about that. Overall 1:56:21 which beats last time by 8 minutes overall.
Family was there which is an amazing feeling. Next and last one for the season is in a week and a half. Don't know if I have the blues over the fact that it is over and I was looking forward to it so much or that my times are not as improved as I had wanted them to be. I in no way expected to place-- just shave more time off of everything.
You are normal. Get back in the saddle.
I have been mulling over this feeling of disapointment the past few days and wanted to know if anyone else has had this experience. I did my second tri, first for this season this past weekend and I have really worked hard at training this year so I think that I was expecting much better times. I had a wetsuit this time and while it was definatly warmer and more "boyant"- I had this swim-eeek- panic feeling. My arms felt like they were trapped in lead. The course was 200m longer than my first tri so that was in my mind also. I had a goal of just keeping a steady freestyle motion the whole time but I paniced and did part freestyle/part turtle move. Felt bad for the lady across from me the entire time who was doing an excellent freestyle but I managed to keep at her pace with my sad moves! Swim 20:27 for half mile
Transition rocked--I had a weird idea last time that I needed to be dry so I went from a 12 minute transition to 4:34 by just dealing with it.
Bike was along a beautiful section of water on the Columbia River. Very flat, and fast. My mountain bike and I plugged along and passed as many people as we could. Bike 49:57- 8 minutes faster than last time. I had a case of bike envy whenever a "real tri bike" zipped fast me with their thin tires and tiny frames.... Transition 2:38 which was 3 minutes faster than last time. Would have been quicker but I had this odd sensation that my sock was all knotted up around my toes and I had to check it?
Run- flat and no complaints beyond trees that must be trimmed and roots breaking up the path. 38:45- 8 minutes slower than what I have been practicing so I am a bit bummed about that. Overall 1:56:21 which beats last time by 8 minutes overall.
Family was there which is an amazing feeling. Next and last one for the season is in a week and a half. Don't know if I have the blues over the fact that it is over and I was looking forward to it so much or that my times are not as improved as I had wanted them to be. I in no way expected to place-- just shave more time off of everything.