Danskin--Webster, Massachusetts - TriathlonSprint

I was delighted to be finished with the swim, because as I suspected I became a bit claustrophobic if that can be said of water sports. Just having so many bodies moving all around me was freaky. How do you train for that? I did my best, and that is what I came to do.

I would train more visuallization for my swim in the future, so the circumstances wouldn't affect me much.

Not bad for my first t-stop. I was really glad I had yankz because it took time to wash my feet and get them into socks, but slipping on shoes was a breeze. The time I wasted was in looking over everything to make sure I had done it all!

Not read quite so many chapters in tri-books on transition. It really isn't a big deal!

I was very nervous about the bike course, and thought I hadn't trained enough, but it turns out that I really did. The hard work really paid off on the hills. I was so psyched to be able to stay on my bike 100% when lots of folks walked.

Catch up to bikini girl!

Nice quick transition. Again, I wondered if I needed to do more, but I trusted myself this time.

Straight water on the bike instead of half water/gatorade. I am used to pure water on the bike and I didn't like having the sugar when I was that thirsty.

Horse to the barn! (inside joke) I just felt awesome. I was not about to walk one step - I wanted a strong finish and running was one thing I never worried about. It was like a 3 mile victory lap for me personally.

Nothing!

Hugged my family and friends and grabbed tons of water right away. Danskin is such a family triathlon, and I'm so glad this one was my first. So much positive feedback from staff all along the route and it was altogether awesome. About two hours post race, I crashed and needed a meal beyond the fruit and granola I had right after the race. Thought I was going to pass out, but I ate and was fine.

What a rush!


Fear and nerves. But by the bike, I was really mastering them.


This is hands down the most I have ever expected and gained from myself. I will never forget what it feels like to exceed my own expectations - and be more than I thought I was.