Ellington Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Went from bad to worse quick. Dolphin dive resulted in goggles full of water. Got so caught up in the whole thing that I just went all out. Had trouble breathing after about 30 seconds. No semblance of form. Had trouble getting around people. Oh well.

Calm down and just race my race. I'm hoping it was just first time jitters that made me blow up like I did.

Didn't leave my shoes clipped it. If I wasn't so winded from the swim, I probably would've been a little quicker, but over all I just need to do it more.

Glad I practiced before hand. Made it a lot easier. Would be nice to learn to do a flying mount, but other than that. Did as well as I could.

Bike was good even considering the huge hill. Came so close to walking, but there was a group of little kids cheering and writing people's numbers on the road in sidewalk chalk. That was pretty cool so I managed to push through. I did feel like I was going to puke at the top though.

Train more hills.

I thought the final turn of the bike course was the turn into the transition so I pulled out of my shoes thinking as much. Made the last half mile, especially the climb, interesting. The transition itself went well though.

Know the course better so I don't have to climb on top of my shoes.

That nauseous feeling I got on the bike stuck around through most of the run. I felt like I was going to puke for the first half of it. I did walk for the 1:00 leading into the big decent. As soon as I hit the 2.5 mile mark my brain decided I was close enough to the end to feel good again. That last stretch was done at probably a 6:00+ min/mile with a good sprint across the finish line.

Just train more.

Light stretch. Had a bagel, banana and a bottle of water.


Nerves and hill climbing ability.


First year they did it, and it was my first tri. Seemed well organized. Started almost on time (scheduled to start at 8:00 wave 1 was swimming at 8:05). I enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to a long tri career :)