Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race - TriathlonOlympic

Not very aggressive at the start, however, I pulled ahead of my wave and got in with the wave ahead of us. Out of the water within my goal time. I knew within the first couple of hundreds that this was going to be a comforable swim for me... I felt relaxed. I tweaked my neck a couple of nights ago and I was worried about how it would feel while swimming... it felt OK!

Bilateral breathing the entire time. (!!!) Yippee! I've been working hard on that, and it now feels entirely natural.

If I could get my sighting down to a point where I'm comfortable relying on MYSELF, I'd be much happier. I tend to watch what the crowd is doing, and generally just do THAT. I check their accuracy by sighting, but I don't lead. I need to stop letting the swim mob lead me around.

***SIGH*** Another leisurely T1. I know I could make up time here... I just sometimes choose not to! I come in, collect myself, look around, get out of my wetsuit, slap on my helmet and shoes and go... but my transitions this year have been longer than they were last year, I think.

No socks on the bike for next Olympic Distance Race. They are just soggy and wet and they don't serve any purpose except making my feet pruny.

TRIED TRIED TRIED to stay in the small chain ring...And I did for the majority of the ride. I did flip it into the big ring when I saw the course was looking flat... And I wanted to hammer just an iddy biddy bit.

I'm simply not as fast in the small ring. Those are the facts. My legs feel better and my knee appreciates the small ring, though...

Discussed my gearing with Katie and Pete and have arrived at the conclusion that my small ring is too small... need a bigger small ring. That should improve my efficiency while still keeping the pressure off my knee.

No socks. Socks end up wet and squishy no matter how I dry my feet. Would be better to just skip them all together.

Missed my transition spot the first time... had to turn around with bike and go back. ((PAY ATTENTION NEXT TIME!!!))

PAY ATTENTION NEXT TIME!

YIPPEEEE! Another run PR for me! 1:06 is now my 10K PR. Took 3 minutes off my April PR. Run is slowly slowly slowly getting faster. Did I mention it was happening slowly?

Saw Hangloose, CindyK, MarkK, and a bunch of my other friends on the run... Nice that the out and back type of course lets you do that... :)

Keep training my run. Maybe one day I **WILL** see 10 minute miles? Maybe? Maybe?

Wandered around, saw some pals from my Master's Group and some others from the Health Club and finally met up with Cindy and Mark.


Nothing really, except the small chain ring on the bike. I am getting better, though, and my knee feels better too. It's a trade off I guess. My neck was a bit stiff throughout the whole race, and I'm wondering if it had any effect on my swim...? I don't know. Still feels stiff now.


There were lots of volunteers however, some of them weren't paying attention, and I had to ASK at more than one intersection on the bike... RIGHT turn? LEFT turn? They just were not watching for us or directing us where to go.

Other than that, this was a really nice race... and the weather was perfect for it! Not too hot, and not too cold... even though the start of the bike was a little chilly, I'd rather be a bit too cold than a bit overheated. (!!!)