UBC Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

I struggled with my breathing for the first half of the race, but was able to make it through without having to stop at all so I was happy with that. I hit my hand on the lane lines a few times and have a lovely bruise to show for it.

This is my first triathlon so I have no comparison on transitions, but felt it went pretty well fo rthe number of layers I wanted to stay warm during the bike. HMMMM let's play count the layers. 1,2,3,4 on top...1,2 on the bottom. lol CAn you tell I hate to be cold !!!

Skip a layer of clothes

I really need to practice working with my gears. I didn't have a clue. Definitely showed that I have only been on a road bike for a few months, but felt really good overall.

Again I think inexperience here showed as I didn't want so many layers and the layer I wanted off was the bottom one. lol

Go out on the bike with less clothing on

This was my worst leg of the race. I don't know what happened, but I just couldn't get into a good rythym. My breathing was terrible and I my heart rate was way to high. I lost a lot of time here.

I will definitely have to train more with bricks of bike/run. I had been doing a lot of swim/bike as I thought that would be harder, but I can see that isn't the case for me.

Again with chasing a 2,3 and 6 year old around the UBC campus. We went up and down "the hill" quite a few times. Threw in a few stretches for good measure and then if you can believe it went swimming. lol MY daughter had lessons that afternoon and wanted to swim before hand so I had to be in the pool with her.


I think the cold damp air really affected my lungs and I just couldn't make the run happen for me today.


Overall I had a great time at this race. It gave me a good idea of how the sport works and the things I really need to work on to improve next time. I was happy with how positive I stayed even when I tanked on the run.