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Race Result

Racer: Craig Ellis
Race: Kinetic Half
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2007
Location: Spotsylvania, VA
Race Type: Triathlon - Half Ironman
Age Group: Male 35 - 39
Time: 4:59:13
Overall Place: 39
Age Group Place: 10
Comment: I had a blast



Race Report:



My very 1st triathlon, what a rush...........

Pre race jitters quickly escallated into fear of the unknown as I have never done an open water swim before. The first 250m was a bit hectic and I was definately getting hydrated by the amounts of lake water I was swollowing (this knowing that most of the people just peed in their wetsuits) eewwww!

The 1st loop went by fairly quickly and as I tried to stand up to run for the 2nd loop I felt like I just had 4 shots of the strongest drink I can find. The 2nd loop was not as quick as I started to lose sight of the buoys and zig zagged my way around the course. I thought to myself, just get to bike and settle in. T1 was not as fast as I wanted but as this was my 1st tri I figured what the hell enjoy the moment.

The bike section went by in a flash and except for getting stuck behind car trailers (which seemed to take foreverto pass)and then having to get back up to speed it was rather uneventful. not a difficult bike course at all. I figured I would ease off a bit towards the end of the 2nd loop to save some for the run.

The run, well immediately as I started the run I could just feel some serious burning on the ball of my right and foot and know that I am going to have a big time blister before this done. This happened much sooner than I wanted and by mile 3 I could hardly push off with my right foot. anyway, this made for a much longer than I wanted run but I guess that is all part of the tri experience.

I had a blast and it was loads of fun.