Wet Dog Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

If I had raced AG: 3/18.

I had a good swim. I felt strong, long, and lean. I was more towards the front this year and it was nice to not be bogged down my a million slow swimmers. I think the course may have been marked longer than what it was listed. I was pretty distraught when I first saw my swim time, but I was in the top 12.5% overall so it seems I did as great on the swim as I felt.

Nothing, the swim felt great. Although, the next thing that I'm going to work on is decreasing my SPL (strokes per length).

No separate T1 time. Both transitions are included in the bike. But, the transition felt pretty smooth. I had a little bit of trouble with my socks. I decided not to do the fling mount as the roads were wet from rain all night the night before.

I need to practice putting socks on wet feet.

If I had raced AG: 4/18.

I really pushed hard on the bike and felt pretty good. The roads were incredibly flat so I didn't really need to change gears much. It was a super short bike leg and it felt like it was over in a flash. If you subtract out a reasonable transition time like 2 min for both, my bike would have been shorter than my run. I was hoping for a bit shorter bike time, but I think the sinus infection affected my cardio a bit.

Not get sick. Ha.

Did the flying dismount (is that the right word? It's more like a stepping dismount). Quickly ran in changed shoes and went. As I was running out of transition, for some reason I thought the run out was different than the swim in so I was like yelling "WHERE'S RUN OUT!?" It wasn't until I passed the run out a volunteer said, "It's right here" - even though I had shouted like 3 times already. (Notice: they don't have any signs up!) So I was kinda annoyed and made a smart remark about how glad I was that the exit was clearly marked. I felt bad later because it's not like it was her fault. And I'm the one who chose to do this race even though I did it last year and I knew how disorganized it was.

Pay more attention before the race and know where my entrances and exits are. Not yell at the volunteer. -Bad Rachael-

If I had raced AG: 10/18.

So, as expected, I had a really slow run. It didn't help anything that my stomach started aching again. But I didn't feel horrible just a bit uncomfortable. I just did what I could and didn't worry about it. My run endurance is coming back slowly but surely. In the last ~150 yards I really busted a gut sprinting. I love the looks people give me when they see me hustling so hard. I really thought I might barf past the finish line. But I didn't. :)

Not be sick and not get injured so that I have to take 6 weeks off. Haha!

Stretch, food, awards ceremony.


The previously mentioned stuff: sinus infection and the foot injury.