So the Danskin was two weekends ago. It was a bit of a mess. I planned to arrive at my pre-racked bike (mandatory) an hour before my wave started. The event organizers decided to have us rack our bikes the night before and bus us to the event. Duh. It was chaos. Instead of an hour before warm up time, I had about 10 minutes to get my transition area ready, pee, and start. I was able to swing my arms about 3 times to loosen up my shoulders before starting. It was tough to start that way. My swim was 2 minutes slower than last year, but I truly believe the course was marked incorrectly this year. Every swim was 1.5-4 minutes longer this year???
My bike was much better. I averaged 18.1 mph on the hilly course and came in 109th overall out of 2300 in the bike. I shaved 2 minutes off my bike time. And it was totally climbing. I felt strong. Then, I had to get off my bike and run. Ha. I felt sluggish and slow, but still shaved 4.5 minutes off my run. I moved up from 100th last year to 40th this year. My goal was top 50. Overall, I came in 261st out of 2206. My end time was 1:34:38. I have decided to get coached for each of the three sports now, so I hope this will help with my remaining tris this year. I bought a wetsuit. Good god it's tough to put on. My next tri is an off road tri and I am really looking forward to it. I just hope I don't get stuck in my wetsuit!
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