Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Pretty comfortable swim. No problems or difficulties.

Going to start working on faster swims. I have been "conserving" on the swim my first few tri's to save some for the bike and run, but I think I can work on going faster.

T-1 times a little slow still. Had trouble dropping things today. I have to wear glasses and the strap came off twice while I was putting them on.

Just need more practice.

I thought I had a better bike ride as far as speed and rank goes. But, I am pretty happy because I am slowing getting faster. I felt really good off the bike and did not feel like I had expended too much energy on the bike prior to the run.

Aerobars!

I really did not think that I was this slow in T-2. It was comfortable though. I took my time and made sure that I took an extra drink of water before I left because I wasn't sure where the first water station was.

I ended up with an extra gel and I should have taken it at the start of the run.

Finally, a decent run off the bike. I have been working at starting off faster and slowing into the race pace instead of starting off slower and speeding up to race pace and it seems to work for me. I am very happy with this run.

I think I could have pushed more speed out of the run but I didnt want to overdo it too early and run out of gas later in the run.

Drank a lot of fluids but wasn't that hungry (which is very unusual for me after a race). First off , watched CindyK finish her race (YEAH Cindy! - she had a great race!!) Then tried to find HICCUP at the coffee house but did not see her and watched BMAX finish her first Oly race (she had a great race too!). We hung out for a while through most of the awards ceremony and then packed up the gear and headed back to the van.


Just experience. I am slowly learning how much to push on each event.


I really like this race. It is a great confidence builder. I have been working really hard on making some improvements in my training and racing and feel like this event allowed me push myself and actually see some results from it. This is a PB time for me (about 9 minutes faster than my previous best). I'll be back to do this race next year.