USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships
Tuscaloosa,
Alabama
April 21st, 2012
1500m Swim --- 40k
BIKE --- 10k RUN
I was over-prepared
for this race and I under-delivered like no other race I’ve ever done. I wanted
to do so well sooooo badly that I psyched myself out and gave myself some
serious anxiety. Nothing could calm my nerves. I knew what I was capable of so
much so, that the second I got on the bike and started feeling just slightly
off my A-game, my world was over. “Why was this happening” is what I kept
asking myself during the first loop of the bike course. A few girls passed me,
but I held my own until the run started. If I had the run I was hoping for, I
would have done well.
I would have
nailed the spot I wanted to and maybe even jumped on that podium for the
Graduate collegiate athletes if I won the mental game that day. But hey, it
wasn’t my day. I don’t know what I did wrong specifically, but cramping and
mental issues were my biggest enemies that day.
It was an okay race for the rest of the Stevens Tri team
as well. Hah jk we were the number 1 Division 3 school!!!!!!!!
Swim = 20:40,
9/398 F,
Pace = 1:16
T1= 2:55
Bike= 1:11:02,
17/398 F
Average power = 183W
Average speed = 21.0
Bike HR Avg = 178
T2= 1:01
Run = 49:51,
199/398 F
Run pace = 8:02
Run HR Avg = 172
bpm
Elevation = 172
ft
Overall time = 2:25:27
Overall Place = 38/398
F
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