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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.
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