Title 9 Women Only Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was kicked, grabbed, bumped and I did a little foot swatting myself; over-all I'm very happy with the swim. My true in-water time was under 10 minutes and that's something I could not be more proud of - next time I'll actually RUN to T1 to shave off that extra time :)
I think I inadvertently put myself in the optimal draft situation because I felt really strong and steady!

PUSH HARDER - I really can swim (even though I took my first stroke 10 weeks ago!) and I need to make every second in the water count. I thought I was doing the right thing by following someone else's bubble but when I slap their feet more than once it means I need to GO AROUND them :)

Everything was good - I started to take my bike out before I put my bike shoes on but that was quickly resolved - come on - it was my first T1 :)

I'm sure I can go faster but I didn't want to forget anything! Damn those nerves!

Felt really good and ready for the bike- HR was a little higher that I like but that's just because I was so HAPPY I kicked-ass in the water. Getting out in the second wave probably helped a lot with racer-traffic. There was, unfortunately, a lot of vehicle traffic on the 'challenge' portion - it was hard to pass going up the hill with all the cars. I passed a lot of people and that was great!

PUSH HARDER - I knew I was holding back for the run. I think I would have rather tried to gain more time here instead of saving for the run.

s m o o t h
other than pulling out the tissues and blowing my nose (yes, I knew I would need them) what's a girl with allergies to do?? I didn't have sleeves or a shirt to wipe the snot on... (and no one needs to see my snot-rockets!!)

not put visor on upside down... maybe just grab whatever i'm putting on my head and put it on while running... again, leave the nerves at the door!

I'm so happy with my overall race that I can't self-deprecate too much but HELLO! this is obviously where I need to get it together! As previously mentioned I started swimming not to long ago - I've been putting one foot in front of the other for a long time now so the swim was my main focus during training - it's all about balance and I'm ready to give equal parts to each discipline.

Run faster!

I don't regret anything because I got to run with MAV and that had a positive impact on my run time :)

a what?? I need to work on this because I'm a bit achy today (but maybe that was climbing up and down Gillette Stadium and/or jumping up and down after each play)

The beer and the banana made me feel pretty good so I'll keep that in the mix!


NERVES NERVES NERVES


I couldn't have asked for a better day - Max created a fantastic event.
With the support of the Max peeps and the BT family I felt completely prepared!

Thanks to MAV for the sleep-over, KathyG for her words of wisdom and the newbie BT-ers for helping me realize that I'm not alone with my bag-o-nerves.