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Race Report: Burning up the Heatwave

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kvtri 2009-06-07 22:11:22 Publish:

Executive Summary
1/2-Mile Swim – 21:40
T1 – 1:39
24.5-Mile Bike – 1:17:21
T2 – 1:10
10k Run – 57:38
Total Time – 2:39:27
48/101 Women
8/14 45-49 Age Group
(There wasn’t an overall breakdown)

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When we woke up race morning and the temps were only 60 degrees, it just felt wrong. C’mon. This is Mississippi. It’s June. The race is the “Heatwave” for pity’s sake. Then, when at the race site, they announced the swim would be wetsuit legal for the first time in its 24-year history, I knew the universe was nearing its end.

Might as well burn it up. Uh-huh. Yep. Burn it.

Or something.

Swim – 21:40

So, the wetsuit-legal water was advertised as 75 degrees. I didn’t even bring my wetsuit because, well, it’s never wetsuit legal. Anyway, 75 is still too warm for a wetsuit (even for a cold-water weenie like me), and I was surprised at all the folks who did don the neoprene. (Hubby, who was patrolling the waters for ‘gators, actually had someone climb aboard the jet ski and shed the wetsuit midway through the swim.)

Last year, my “stellar” swim time told me that the course was probably short. This year, I think that they didn’t just make the course correct, they “overcorrected” and added the missing distance from 2008. Hence, what would seem like a dismal swim time probably isn’t really. Everyone I talked to said their times were off by 3 to 6 minutes. So, I’m thinking it was more like 900 or so yards, rather than the advertised half mile. But, whatever, we all swam the same thing (except for one of my friends who decided to head for Tupelo instead).

I really wanted to get a “good,” clean start and hopefully save myself some of the effort of passing a lot of people like I usually do because of my standard back-of-the-pack starting position. Unfortunately, poor planning and my tendency to be a bit of a chatty Cathy kept me from doing any kind of warm up swimming (I did ride my bike for 5 minutes).

I was in the last wave with 100+ women and all the relay swimmers. I lined up just off the front and a little to the inside line of the buoy. Thirty seconds of polo swimming, trying to avoid the overzealous kickers, and trying not to drink the bubbly brown mess that is the reservoir, my heart rate was soaring and my breathing was uneven and rapid. Dammit! I had to breast stroke the remainder of the way to the first buoy to settle down, and there I was, once again, at the back.

Sigh.

I started swimming normally, settled in, and then, tried to make up lost time by focusing on a long, strong stroke. I was passing people, when I wasn’t swimming into them. I hate the swim in the reservoir. The water is so grossly murky, I can’t see anything…not my hand reaching in the water in front of me and not the person two inches to the front or side of me. But when I was swimming steadily and with rhythm, I knew I was swimming hard because my arms started to burn with the effort (notice: I was already “burning up” the race). I swam all the way up to the helpers on the boat ramp, reached up, and let them pull me up out of the water.

I was breathing pretty hard as I jogged into transition. I had no idea how long that had just taken. I was doing the race “blind.” No watch. No nothing. Just going for the burn.

T1 – 1:39

I had a decent transition for me. Perhaps my time warp issues are a thing of the past. I wiped the muck off of my face, pulled on socks and shoes (yes, socks; it’s either now or in T2), shoved on my sunglasses, buckled my helmet, and ran over a few dawdling relayers to get out of transition.

Bike – 1:17:21

Today, I was riding on my race wheels. For the first time. I bought them used 2 years ago. I am terrified of them. They are those Spinergy four-spoke thingies. If I get a flat, I am screwed. But, even though I am terrified of them, I love riding with them. My bike just feels smoother and faster.

Maybe next time, I will actually ride the disc wheel.

Weenie.

This is a great bike course. It’s fairly flat with some mild rollers and a couple of deceiving false flats. Because it’s an out-and-back, I get to cheer on most of my friends (some ahead of me; some behind me).

The first couple of miles of the course go through “downtown” Ridgeland to get to the Natchez Trace Parkway. As we made the turns to get on the Trace, I was happy to see that I was a better cornerer than the bikini-clad lady in front of me with a tricked out Cervelo. I had to swing a bit wide to avoid running into her as she slowed down quite a bit when turning. And, oh by the way, she may have pulled away from me, but I caught and passed her toward the end of the ride. When I pass the ladies in bikinis, it makes me feel like I am truly fast (because you should only wear a bikini in a race if you are fast).

When we got on the Trace, I settled into my aero bars and started riding like it was a time trial. My legs were burning with the effort. Exactly like I wanted.

I passed quite a few people, but no one in my age group. The 45-49 age group is a serious tough one with some smokin’ fast women. I was feeling pretty good, overall, about the ride, though. Especially, since I hadn’t ridden very consistently over the last several weeks.

As usual, saw a couple of major pelotons with some very blatant drafting going on. Those folks are so far in front of me, though, and I don’t usually let it get my panties in a bunch. (Oh. Wait. I wasn’t wearing any panties!) The refs did their job, though, and handed out more than double the number of drafting penalties as last year.

On out-and-back courses, one of my biggest concerns is the hairpin turn that I know is coming up. I’m just not good at the tight turns. But this time, my turn was perfect, and I came out of it accelerating and determined to “burn up” the last half.

The rest of the ride was uneventful, and I turned the burners down a bit just before reaching transition to get ready to run.

(Are you totally over the “burning” references yet?)

T2 – 1:10

Exchange helmet for visor and bike shoes for running shoes, grab race belt and gel, and run out the back door.

Run – 57:38

The run headed out the same direction as the bike return. Because of all of the race traffic, the cops had the road essentially closed, and the cars were backed up for a mile. They were not happy. They were beeping their horns. Loud and long. I am afraid that my friend, Mayor McGee, is going to get an earful over it.

One of my biggest challenges on the run is getting started. If I go off too fast, my heart rate goes into the stratosphere, and I never seem to recover. Unfortunately, in the past, I have overcompensated and allowed myself to walk a lot of the first mile. Not this time. No walking allowed. Slow jogging: okay. Just no walking.

So, I shuffled at first, then, as I felt better, picked up the pace, and within the first half mile, I was running at a decent clip (for me). I sucked down my gel as I approached the first water stop, took a couple of quick sips, and headed onto the shaded multi-use path.

The weather continued to hold. It was warming up, but the humidity was low. I felt great and was in a fabulous mood. Every 5 seconds, I was encouraging runners headed back toward the finish and thanking the volunteers and cops along the way.

About a mile and three-quarters into the run, the course is basically uphill to the turnaround. I run this path all the time, so I know every bump and rise. I chugged up, legs burning (had to…it had been a few paragraphs), turned around, and flew back down. Next thing I knew, I was less than a mile from the finish, running along the reservoir, and starting to feel the burning tiredness not only in my legs, but in my arms as well.

Hubby was about a quarter mile from the finish, yelling everybody in. I was starting to fade, but his encouragement helped put a bit more spring in my stride, and I turned up the hill to the finish. I could feel runners starting to sprint behind me, and I just didn’t have it in me, so I got outkicked at the finish line by a couple of people.

But no worries. It was my race. It was a PR.

You could say, I had burned it up.

Hee hee.

Comments:

You had a great race!

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