Splash, Mash, & Dash Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Holy choppy water! I prepared myself for this mentally from shore, so I was ready for it, though I swallowed more pond water than I would have liked. All waves had the same color cap, so it was impossible for me to tell where I was within my group. Got a little lax towards the last 200 yards, picked it up at the end. The water was warm and clear - nice swim!

Examine my Seal Mask (left eye), for some leakage. More open water swimming for practice.

Skipped socks on the bike today - and was totally comfortable. I think for Olympics and longer, I'd use moleskin for blister protection, but today was totally fine - and a timesaver!

Should have worn sunglasses on the ride!

Oops! For the first time ever, I dropped both my water bottle (doh!) and my bike number (stupid twisties don't hold the number on at 35 mph downhills). Great on the hills today - I can definitely tell I'm getting better at climbing over last year. Legs were a little lazy today on cadence and cranking up the long slow ones - need some strengthening. Had almost all of one gel on the bike (even w/out water), to get some calories in.

Don't drop the water bottle, silly!

I really need to practice the feet-out-of-shoes skill more. I forget to transition drills during training.

Practice.

Felt so much better than last year. Legs were rough for the first 1/4 mile - had the numb toes thing again (from Mooseman). So odd! Breathing too quickly at first, then finally relaxed into a rhythm. Didn't walk at all, even up the steep trail hills, so I was proud of myself. Really wanted some salty stuff, but all they had was water out on the course - need to remember an Endurolyte for the end of the bike sessions.

Practice trail running (have another Sprint like this in early September). Hydrate more (but this would have been avoided if I hadn't dropped the bike bottle).

Walking, Accelerade (provided by the race), stretching, packing up bag. Then, meeting with team, cheering people on, eating yummy post-race lunch: veggie burger, salads, brownies + more. Put some warm clothes on, b/c the wind had really picked up by now! Watched the awards cermony, and won a $50 gift certificate to a sporting goods shop in Lebanon (will have to stop there on our way to VT).


Lack of endurance training, but this will be amended with new coached plan starting this week.


Enthusiastic, friendly volunteers. Race giveaways: sweatcaps running cap with race logo embroidered on it, t-shirt, bag of nutritional goodies. Really delicious, healthy lunch. Everything was on time, and overall the race lacked only the pushiness of a much larger venue - which is FINE! I would definitely do this race again next year. Suggestions: I wish they had an electrolyte drink on the course, and counted transition times separately from the legs.