Highmark Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

HOLY CRAP WAS THE WATER COLD!! It was a huge kick in the teeth. The water was also extremely shallow at some points, to the point where it made it very odd to swim, a lot of people ran a good distance, I chose to stay down as long as I could. I got an elbow to the face in the first 200 yards. My heart was beating out of my chest for no real good reason. Swam unbelievably straight...directly buoy to buoy, I hardly sighted at all.

Think about my placement in the pack.

Had a good transition, thanks to my dorky balloon. I washed my feet, got my socks on, and was gone like a bat outta hell. Got my insulin pump on no problem. Not too bad.

Nothing

I thought I was going to have a good bike, but for some reason I had a rough time with it..just didn't feel as good as I thought I would. Had cramps, felt uncomfortable with the people staring at my behind.

Not be on my period.

I lost control of my bike after I dismounted and almost took out this woman who ended up being 2nd. I just was really frustrated at this point and couldn't take it. The rack was also very very low, which is bad when your bike frame is really, really big, so I had a hard time racking.

Calm down and not be on my period

I couldn't believe that I actually had a good run! Granted I'm still pulling a 12 minute mile...but I didn't walk a single step the entire race!! I ran the whole time! Small victories!!

Run faster!

I couldn't feel my legs! So I had some powerade and some fig newtons and hugged my boyfriend. I was really really glad to be done. I had set a goal of 1:40 or under...and I beat it!


I was on my period and very very crampy and bleeding a lot :(. I also woke up SEVERELY hypoglycemic that morning which gave me a headache for the whole day.


Everything started on time, course was well marked, lots of water stations on the run with nice cold water, plenty of food at the end. Beautiful area to have a race too.