Before last Sunday on May 2oth, Cassie Trotter, aka "Trotting" , had never completed a full Columbia Triathlon. In her first ever attempt, she blows out her age group ranking #8 out of 66 women with a finishing time of 2:42:16!! Her finishing time also places her with an overall ranking of 60th out of 472 women.....AGAIN, putting her in the the top 12% of Overall women!! Like any good athlete does, Cassie reflected back on the events of her race and learned several lessons from her performance. Please join me in congratulating Cassie on a great race and let's wish her well in Alcatraz!! Cassie writes......
Columbia went well for me too. I was happy with my time of 2:42 and I was 8 of 66 in my age group. It was my first time racing the full Columbia race, and it was just as difficult as everyone explained.I haven't been swimming much and I was surprised with my swim time (:21.00); it was much faster than I thought it would be. The bike was probably the strongest it has ever been but my run was horrible! I had no idea what I was getting into - the lazy, flat, Hains Point runs just aren't cutting it. I also lost a lot of time at transition. For some reason my head wasn't into it when I set up transition , so I lost time scrambling...that, and I forgot my number and race belt at the swim start. So, with a full Tri season to go, I know I've got to start balancing out my training....more running and more swimming! I've got Escape from Alcatraz next week though, and that could make or break me...I'm just hoping to survive :)
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