Chicago Triathlon - Sprint Distance - TriathlonSprint

Zipped up wetsuit too far, accidentally released it, after 100M, it unzipped while swimming. Freaked out, slowed down, got off track. Ended up recovering rhythm and then ended up not sighting well, got off course. Oh well, there's always the next swim.

Not unzip suit, do more open water swims.

Wetsuit stuck... I've never practiced this, so I expected it.

Get triathlon shoes, practice, use body glide on ankles

Just decided to ride comfortably... could have ridden at least 1 MPH faster with no trouble on the run.

Never was passed

Push self harder

I was on my way into the transition, somebody stopped a good 5 feet in front of me, didn't have my feet totally removed, fell off my bike

Practice more transitions, get triathlon shoes

Overall good run, got a little nauseous at the end. Sprinted the last 100M, I was GONE. The guy behind me met up with me while I was drinking some Gatorade that he tried keeping up, but that he had no chance, and that I had an incredible finish. I jumped real high at the finish... hopefully it was a good picture!

Never passed

Take at least some Gu some sort of calories. I hardly ate anything the day of (1 bowl of oatmeal and .5 banana

Walking around


Wetsuit incident, Not pushing self hard enough.


Loved the course! Nice and flat, but I didn't push myself hard enough, even on the run. Great end to the season, but surprised with my result even with my lackluster performance. I don't even know why I'm so upset... I'm in the top 3%. I guess I'm just that competitive.

Upset that I didn't get the correct size of shirts... why the heck did they even want to know your size if they don't have any left over for you? I know I came late for sign in, but seriously.

But I will be back next year FOR SURE doing the olympic distance. Great race. Hopefully my aerobic base will be better, and with over a year of training (instead of 3 months), hopefully I can do great things. I don't want to sound cocky, but next year will really decide if I want to race seriously. I did great this season with not that much training, and hopefully I can keep making gains like I have been.