Alligator's Creek Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

So short. So easy. Just paced myself conservatively. Much quicker pace than before. Passed one person.

More time in pool. ESPECIALLY with the Chicago triathlon coming up, and with it being an 800m swim

Only practiced the running jump the day before, will do that more, went pretty well. Time is part of the biking

Practice makes perfect

I did well on the hills. Being lighter than most of the people racing definitely helped. I started to feel my rib pains, eased up on certain portions. When tasting my sweat, I thought I was licking a salt cube. Limited drinking my sports drink mix from there on out. Really need to get two water bottles mounts and fill 1 up with water/sports drink, and the other with just water.

Get another water bottle mount. Otherwise very pleased, being that this is my 2nd triathlon, and 3rd month of riding.

The bike next to mine had fallen over on top of my shoes. I hate moving other people's bike, so I just cursed and pulled them from underneath the bike. Took some extra time. Time included in bike.

When I get triathlon shoes, hopefully this will improve.

Practice.

I was afraid of having my rib hurting, so I kept the pace decent, but conservative. Too bad the whole course, with the exception of a downhill after flat and the finish, was UPHILL.

Find the thin line between where my rib hurts and a fast pace

Run around park


Nagging rib, not as much training as I would have liked, but I have only been at this sport for 3 months and managing to finish in the top 10% overall in my first two races, so I'm not going to complain too much.


The course is incredibly challenging for the distance. I loved it!