Playtri Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was really hoping to see my pace for this swim bc I thought I did very well. The course had to be longer than 500m though bc everyone's times were too long. I seeded myself at the back bc I am usually a bad swimmer, but I didn't factor in that I had a wetsuit and others didn't. This caused me to have to swim through a lot of people and it was very rough at the beginning. The first buoy came up quickly and I felt really great. I kind of had a squiggly path to the second buoy but still was doing good. About 75-100m after the second buoy I started feeling bad in my stomach. At that point I was ready for the swim to end.

Start more up front in the pack. Probably could have tried a little harder during the part I felt good in.

Took FOREVER to get suit off.

Grease my ankles?

This was just a bad day. I felt like throwing up pretty much fromo the last 1/3 of the swim until the end, so I didn't have the power I normally do. The hills made me really suffer as I had to push hard and my stomach didn't want me to. There was a girl who kept drafting off me for like 4 miles and I thought she got a penalty bc the bike police slowed down by us, but upon checking the penalty list I didn't see her. She made me mad.

Feel better.

I felt so horrible. I could not run with the bike, so I walked it all the way to my rack which was at the far side of the transition area. I came back to my rack only to realize that I had put my wetsuit on top of my shoes and my shoes were not all wet. I also went sockless which was a mistake bc of a scrape on my toe and all the water from the wetsuit.

Keep shoes dry. Bring socks just in case.

Still felt horrible. I was reduced to walking for a good part of this course. My calves were also really tight at the beginning and every step of my left foot let me know I had a sore on that foot and no sock. The thought of dropping out actually crossed my mind, but I could not live with myself if I dropped out and could have just walked to the finish, so I kept going. In all, this run only cost me one spot, due to my poor bike performance.

More bricks! Not feel like puking.

Had a sip of accelerade and talked to people for a bit. Went up to car, changed and drank my bottle of Endurox. I met some new BT people and talked for a while while watching the kids duathlon. Those kids are hard core. I may have sounded pretty negative throughout this RR, but I still had fun, just a horrible race. That's what is so great about this sport.


Feeling horrible.


The transition was good unlike at stonebridge, and the bike had enought people to let you know where to go. Only peeve was the swim distance/course was off. Will definitely do it again next year if it fits into my schedule.