Parvin State Park Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I usually panic at the start of every swim, and I actually did not do that this time. I thought I was going to be sub-10 minutes and was disappointed to see my split. Rumor has it that the swim was long.. I really hope so!

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It was a pain that the transition area was in the sand, but everything went smoothly.

Not put my sunglasses on before taking my swimcap off, they got wet and I ended up taking them off.

I made a dumb mistake...for some reason I thought it was a 10 mile bike. At mile 9 I start really pushing myself, passing large groups of guys and just riding all out crazy.. and before I know it I am at mile 10.5 and wondering just how long is this bike course. Besides that, I really can't complain about the bike portion of the race.

Make sure I know how far I am racing BEFORE the race. I normally wouldn't push myself so hard for the last 3 miles... I think it might have hurt my run split.

The transition area was crazy because runners were coming out and bikers were going in at the same side. A guy coming out of the transition area almost ran into me with my bike because he was looking down.

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I took in too much fluid on the bike and I could actually hear it all moving around in my stomach. I guess I was pretty beat up from the bike, because my legs just wouldn't go. I would really like to get closer to 7 mins/mile.

I think I just haven't been running enough.. but I also feel like I haven't been swimming or biking enough. I guess that happens when you are training for 3 sports!

I took my dog for about a ten minute run in the trails and then it started downpouring. Hung out for the awards - I got a $20 gift card for the local bike shop and some sort of parvin park glass soap dish or something..

I have been bringing cliff bars to races for recovery because I usually never feel like eating right away. I managed to get one down.. they did have some food at the race but most of it was wet from the rain.

Later on I felt bad from not doing enough warm-down, at 5 pm took the dog for a 23 minute run around the neighborhood and then did a lot of stretching. I feel great today.




Overall, not a bad race. The line for race numbers/chips before the race was annoying, but during the race everything was very well organized.