Scenic City Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The swim was fun. It was so short!! I kept laughing to myself that the buoys were so close together. Of course I was nervous about the swim because I have only been in the pool twice since November but it was easy and my arms weren't sore or anything. I knew the course was short when I came out in under 10 minutes!

We had to run up a long, steep hill out of the lake and into transition. It hurt. I got out of my wetsuit ok but I have only done one transition in the last 1.5 years so I am kinda rusty. :)

I loved the bike. There were some tough hills but I felt I had good leg strength and passed lots of people. Saw a ton of folks walking the hills - I have never seen that in a sprint before!
Once I got about half-way through the bike I felt comfortable that I was not going to suffer and pushed it harder. I had just put my bike back together on Wednesday, so I had no cycling training at all before the race. I was happy with my time, especially with such a challenging course.

Uneventful. Heard them call Andrew's name as he finished while I ran out to start the run.

We all accidentally cut the course, so it was about 2.7 miles. I have run 2 5Ks recently and averaged 7:48 and 7:54 in those, so I am happy I was pretty close to that. Once again, no run training. Maybe 1-2 times a week? My legs felt heavy and I was breathing very hard but at the same time I knew I had more in me. I caught one girl but there was another girl in my AG that I couldn't gain any time on. She beat me by 24 seconds.

Hung out with Andrew waiting for the awards.


No triathlon training!


Well, I am happy that Andrew made me do this race! I may have gone for the rest of my life without doing another triathlon but now the spark has been reignited.
BUT....I don't want to do more than sprints. Because I don't want to triathlon train. I like kettlebells and HIIT and I don't want to stop. I am happy enough with my performance that I can enjoy racing at that level and not feel like it's a waste, if that makes sense. I may start doing some bike and run tabatas but that will be the extent of my "traithlon" training until I get bored and want to do something else.