Time Trials

[beige_alert]

My first long track skating race of this season was this morning's time trials at the Pettit. The waking up before dawn on Saturday morning aspect isn't so fun, but other than that it's a fun experience and it's great to be back in the skating season.

I would describe my 500 meter experience as "wow, it's been a long time since I last did this!" After the false start...my start went OK, but somehow I ended up settling into a really high position, so much so that it was obvious to me during the race (I must have basically been standing up straight) but, you know, 500 meters goes by pretty fast, and I didn't settle into a better position. My 1000 time was pretty poor, but it went a lot more smoothly for me.

Overall, between this being my first race in a bunch of months and that I've only been skating two weeks this season, it went well enough, and it's always a learning experience.

Comments

[rose1thorn.livejournal.com]

The first competition of the season is always gonna be a little rocky as you relearn your skills. Your other choices are either to start training earlier, which is difficult considering when Petit opens, or wait a bit longer for your first race of the season.

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

There's also the aspect of just getting used to the competition environment again, which was one factor yesterday. This is a pretty low-stress event,just a chance to post an official time but not a big organized race. Fewer than 20 skaters (many of them friends), I've met all the officials before, and in the end, I just do this for fun, it doesn't really *matter* if I post a crappy time, but, still, you get called out to the starting line and you can't help but have the nerves going.