Sunset Challenge Triathlon - Olympic - Triathlon

FINALLY!! Best triathlon swim for me.

Did well the first 200, and kept it consistent. Wanted to focus on my breathing during the first lap and then see what happens on the second. Had to battle some mental demons during the first loop, but quickly recovered by focusing on the positive. Instead of thinking I was going too fast and was going to run out of gas I forced myself to think about the positive and concentrate on the fact that I was doing really well. Started the second loop and got into a great rhythm. Second loop went well and I just kept at it to the beach. As we got closer, noticed some guys were already standing up but I decided to keep swimming until my hand hit the ground. Was able to pop up and ran past those guys to the mat.

Figure out how to draft. Tried to but I kept swimming up on the guy in front of me, so I decided to get off his feet and swim past him. I think I pull to the right so I need to do better about sighting and making sure I'm not too far off course. Didn't happen today but on the first loop I was off to the right a bit.

Good transition. Kind of a longish run to the rack but it went well. Took a couple of seconds to snap my Garmin in. POA.

Nothing.

Working on this. Just need to ride more. Gearing changes were OK, but the bike needs a tune-up because they were skipping on me and it just wasn't smooth. Great bike course. Some flat parts, some hills, some rollers, really a lot of fun. Anyone who things Jersey is dirty or completely flat should come do this race. You will definitely change your mind. Just a really pretty ride. Got passed a bit at the start, did some passing of my own. The Oly course joined back up with the sprint and we all went into the finish together.

Ride more, get bike serviced before the race, ride more, ride at a higher cadence, ride more.

Took me a few seconds to get the shoes on. Reminded myself to calm down and breath and it made it easier.

Get shoes on and not mess up the Garmin by hitting the start button. Basically screwed it up but by time I got to the mat I had fixed it and got it on the Run.

Probably started out a bit too fast and just couldn't keep it up. Knew this was going to be my problem since I haven't run over 6 miles in a long time. Stil, very pleased with the run and really enjoyed the course, minus the hill that you go up twice.

More run training.

Found a port-o-john because I had to pee since I bascially started the run. Got my stuff together and walked back to the parking lot. Packed up the car and went over to the post-race spread/awards. Great pasta salad, blueberries, and of course Tastykakes!


I hate to say it but lack of training, that said, had a great race and really loved the course. Will be back to do this again.


Major accomplishment today was the swim. May not have been blazing, but it was consistent and ZERO breaststroking and I mean ZERO. I finally feel like I can legitimately call myself a triathlete.