Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Race - TriathlonOlympic

The first section of the swim was great and I managed to fall into a rhythm and swim in a straight line, but after I rounded the first buoy my goggles were foggy and giving me a glare from the sun/water and I couldn't see where I was going for the life of me. I tried to stop and de-fog them and that helped for a bit, until they got foggy again. I ended up zig-zagging all the way through the second section of the course, mostly just trying to follow others. The third leg was slightly better, but I felt slow and my heart rate was far too high. The whole time I had to pee but couldn't make myself do it while swimming.

I would have liked to get a warm up in. I tried using anti-fog spray on my goggles and for some reason that didn't work, but next time I'd like to find a better solution to that problem for next time. I also need to try keeping my HR down a bit more. Learn how to pee while I'm swimming.

This was a good transition overall. No problems getting the wetsuit off and everything else together. I got onto my bike and into my shoes easily and was on my way.

Keep practicing and do them faster.

I highly enjoyed the bike leg of this race. I felt like I was going much faster than in my last race (ended up shaving off 15 min, from 1:30 to 1:15) so that was good. It was a nice confidence booster to be passing people during the second loop (even though they were either slower/later wave international athletes, or sprinters. I managed to keep my HR within the target zones for the most part, and my legs felt fresh going into the run.

Nada, just keep training more and getting faster on the bike.

Another good transition. I got out of my shoes easily and rode on the tops of them into transition. Swept my leg around the back and did a flying dismount (never practiced those before! Oops!) but it worked perfectly. Racked my bike, took off my helmet, threw on my running shoes and belt and I was off.

Nothin'

I still need to work on my run because I didn't have enough energy to get me all the way through the run without walking. I made it 3 miles before I felt a need to walk, and then after that I had to walk/run for the rest of the race. I missed my target time of 3 hours by about 6 minutes which was disappointing, but I was glad to improve on my last time of 3:18.

Keep on running. I also need to work on my mental toughness to break through those times where I'm struggling and want to walk. More aerobic base training should help.

Walked around a bit and sipped some water and Gatorade.


I wasted too much of my energy early in the race and didn't have enough to get me all the way through the run. My heart rate wasn't unnecessarily high, I just felt like I had run out of the energy to keep going for more than a few minutes at a time. I managed to push hard for the home stretch through some calf cramps and finish strong though!


This was another good learning experience for me. I learned that I need to get to the race as early as I possibly can to avoid any rush with getting ready. I think that definitely increased my pre-race heart rate going into the swim. I also learned that I need to figure out how to keep my heart rate down during the swim because that's the point where I think I wasted too much energy. More training and more experience should help with this. I missed my goal time by 6 minutes or so but that just means I'll have another chance to do it in the future!