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“TIP 217: It is better to be white from sunscreen than to be burned in training and races.”
1994 - A race to remember
Groningen - It is 1994. I am almost crying. Almost crying because of my first triathlon. That long lasting impression of something you do for the first time. And all that comes from that first time. My first kiss. The purchase of my first race bike. The first, and only, time I got kicked out of class. And my first triathlon. But I wasn’t near crying because of the triathlon itself, but because the swim got canceled. The water proved to be too cold to swim in. So what had to be my first triathlon, turned into a duathlon (run-bike-Run).
I was devastated. Since age 6 I had been swimming and it was by far my best part of the triathlon. And now it got canceled. I was devastated. It just couldn’t be true. Why? Why did they cancel the swim. I even had a wetsuit. A tesco! Zippers from the chest all the way down to the feet. Easy to remove if still ask me. I wanted to swim! But there was no way that we were going to.
In the end I made it to finish. Struggling. I had barely beaten my sister by two minutes, because everything was hurting so badly. My bike did not even had an aerobar on it. And I even wore these racing gloves. But that day changed my life. It changed it big time. Since I did not race my first triathlon when I planned to race it, I had to go somewhere else. I just had to race a triathlon! And that is what I did since that day. And now, 18 year later, I am so glad that they canceled that swim.
“TIP 353: There is still enough time to fix things on your bike, when the bike is ‘ready’ two days before the race.”
“TIP 354: If you like camping and always wanted a bunny as pet, then ‘Camping am Wörthersee’ is the place to be!”
“TIP 355: Travel days wear you out. A jog can help you get your tired body going again, when arriving at your destination.”
“TIP 356: Check the pockets of your cycling jerser before putting it into the washing machine. I had energy bars everywhere!”
“TIP 357: When riding in a group and there is a puncture you get the opportunity to practice changing tires if they want help.”
“TIP 258: Duck tape! One of the things I need for racing! To tape gels and race numbers to the frame are just two reasons!”
“TIP 359: Determine race fluid intake by putting training fluid intake, temperature, weight loss & intensity in a spreadsheet.”
“TIP 360: I swim, bike, run, brick and more, but never practiced a race day morning. That changed today! How about you?”
“TIP 361: Gels should suit your personal favorite flavor. You can easily find that flavor by buying and trying one of each.”
“TIP 362: You can help yourself to remember point of improvement by writing them down. And with that improving them next time!”
“TIP 363: Only implement new things on race day when you tried them before and know that you can execute them right!”
“TIP 364: Pre race day evening? Relax! All hard work is done, time for the grande dessert tomorrow! Enjoy the adventure!”
“TIP 365: Buoys are hard to spot in open water. Instead (try to) navigate on something big on the horizon behind the buoy.”
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