{"id":3031,"date":"2014-09-22T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2014-09-22T08:51:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T12:51:14","slug":"race-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Race Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

So apparently, I have a triathlon this weekend.\u00a0 That means it’s race week!<\/p>\n

This race is my first Olympic distance.\u00a0 I’m not terribly worried about the distance, just about how my body will handle that long of a race.\u00a0 It’s definitely going to be the longest race I’ve done in quite some time.\u00a0 With a sprint, I have been sort of able to half-ass my fueling.\u00a0 That’s not exactly an option in an Oly.\u00a0 At least not for me.\u00a0 I have to remember to actually grab my fuel in transition, etc.\u00a0 I wish my tri kit had a zipper pocket that I could put an emergency gel in!<\/p>\n

Weirdly, the part I’m most dreading about the race is the run.\u00a0 And it’s only a 10k.\u00a0 But it’s my worst leg, and the run part of a triathlon is hard anyway since you’ve just spent all that time swimming and biking.\u00a0 But ugh.\u00a0 10k.<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to getting to race in my wetsuit.\u00a0 I’m so much faster in a wetsuit!\u00a0 It’s amazing!\u00a0 I’m not looking forward to having to try to quickly get out of my wetsuit.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure it’s a guarantee that I will fall down.\u00a0 Do any of you experienced triathletes have tips about how to get your wetsuit off in a reasonable fashion?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So apparently, I have a triathlon this weekend.\u00a0 That means it’s race week! This race is my first Olympic distance.\u00a0 I’m not terribly worried about the distance, just about how my body will handle that long of a race.\u00a0 It’s definitely going to be the longest race I’ve done in quite some time.\u00a0 With a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nRace Week - Elbowglitter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I have a triathlon on Sunday. That makes it race week!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Race Week - Elbowglitter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have a triathlon on Sunday. That makes it race week!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Elbowglitter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-22T13:00:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-09-22T12:51:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Megan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Megan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Megan\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f22c797e4ef4db1718a066ac354deba6\"},\"headline\":\"Race Week\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-22T13:00:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-09-22T12:51:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f22c797e4ef4db1718a066ac354deba6\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Triathlon\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/\",\"name\":\"Race Week - Elbowglitter\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-22T13:00:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-09-22T12:51:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"I have a triathlon on Sunday. That makes it race week!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Race Week\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Elbowglitter\",\"description\":\"Getting back to running and other adventures\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f22c797e4ef4db1718a066ac354deba6\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f22c797e4ef4db1718a066ac354deba6\",\"name\":\"Megan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4db1c919d5cef58581b42cbf04a4878?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4db1c919d5cef58581b42cbf04a4878?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Megan\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/author\/megan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Race Week - Elbowglitter","description":"I have a triathlon on Sunday. That makes it race week!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Race Week - Elbowglitter","og_description":"I have a triathlon on Sunday. That makes it race week!","og_url":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/","og_site_name":"Elbowglitter","article_published_time":"2014-09-22T13:00:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-09-22T12:51:14+00:00","author":"Megan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Megan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/"},"author":{"name":"Megan","@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f22c797e4ef4db1718a066ac354deba6"},"headline":"Race Week","datePublished":"2014-09-22T13:00:37+00:00","dateModified":"2014-09-22T12:51:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/"},"wordCount":219,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f22c797e4ef4db1718a066ac354deba6"},"articleSection":["Triathlon"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/","url":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/","name":"Race Week - Elbowglitter","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-09-22T13:00:37+00:00","dateModified":"2014-09-22T12:51:14+00:00","description":"I have a triathlon on Sunday. That makes it race week!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/race-week\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Race Week"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#website","url":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/","name":"Elbowglitter","description":"Getting back to running and other adventures","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f22c797e4ef4db1718a066ac354deba6"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f22c797e4ef4db1718a066ac354deba6","name":"Megan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4db1c919d5cef58581b42cbf04a4878?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4db1c919d5cef58581b42cbf04a4878?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Megan"},"logo":{"@id":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"url":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/author\/megan\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfIrH-MT","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3609,"url":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/28\/to-race-or-not-to-race\/","url_meta":{"origin":3031,"position":0},"title":"To Race or Not To Race?","date":"May 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This week, the athlete's guide for my next big triathlon came out.\u00a0 Next month, I'm doing the Challenge Williamsburg Olympic Triathlon.\u00a0 For you non-triathletes, that means it's kind of sort of twice as long as the last race I did.\u00a0 The swim in 0.9 miles (1500m), the bike is 24\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Triathlon"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pixabay\/c\/start_line_1432824701-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2954,"url":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/28\/sprint-triathlon-pr\/","url_meta":{"origin":3031,"position":1},"title":"Sprint Triathlon PR","date":"August 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"When I posted about my most recent triathlon, I mentioned that it was a course PR. \u00a0 Someone asked me if it was my sprint PR as well. \u00a0And the answer is... well, not really. \u00a0Triathlon PRs, primarily at the sprint distance, are a different animal and hard to compare.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Triathlon"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6317,"url":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/15\/training-has-officially-begun\/","url_meta":{"origin":3031,"position":2},"title":"Training has officially begun","date":"May 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"So my first race of the season is in 7 weeks, and I'm finally officially back in full training mode.\u00a0 Structured workouts, following a plan, the whole kit and caboodle. No, I don't think you should only train for an olympic triathlon for 7 weeks.\u00a0 But hey, I live on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Triathlon"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/turtle_1526319978-300x204.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6821,"url":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/05\/whats-next-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3031,"position":3},"title":"What’s Next?","date":"October 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"So now that triathlon season has come and gone, with zero three-sport races completed (though technically, I guess I did complete one swim, one bike, and one run, for a total of one full complete triathlon), what's next? First and foremost, I have to keep working to rehab my left\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6377,"url":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/26\/racing-on-my-mind\/","url_meta":{"origin":3031,"position":4},"title":"Racing On My Mind","date":"June 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not even into taper week and already I'm starting to think a whole lot about my upcoming race.\u00a0 You would think this was my first triathlon ever, not my first triathlon of the season. No, that's not quite the right way to explain my feelings.\u00a0 I'm not nervous, at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Triathlon"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/race_1529958045.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1706,"url":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/17\/race-report-clydes-10k\/","url_meta":{"origin":3031,"position":5},"title":"Race Report – Clyde’s 10k","date":"April 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"On Sunday, we ran a lovely hilly 10k in Columbia, Maryland, sponsored by Clyde's restaurant. \u00a0Yum. As miserable as hilly courses can be, it's good training for me. \u00a0After all, my triathlon is in Columbia, so I've got to get used to the hills. This race was especially awesome because\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Race Reports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3032,"href":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031\/revisions\/3032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}