Luray Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Pretty good swim - was expecting better, though. But overall time also reflects getting out of the water and running to the timing mat. Swim was definitely faster than 2:00/100yds. I also got a little slowed down towards the end, as there was a traffic jam of slower women that the front of our wave had caught up to, and had to navigate all the breaststroking and floundering people. I might have been tired from the day before too.

Nothing, really. Get stronger and faster.

Same long haul up the stairs and through to the end of transition. Gave my chip to Dianne, and done.

I DIDN'T RIDE THIS LEG. Dianne did - she's not a very strong cyclist. And that course is tough if you are not.

I stood for a long time in T2 waiting. She said she expected to be back in an hour and 20. Which is slow, but she ended up being slower. I was worried she'd gotten a flat, but she finally showed up!

Decent run. It was hotter on Sunday than on Saturday for the Oly. Plus, I was sore from the Oly and all of the crap leading up to these races. Since I had to wait so long, I was among the last of the BOP'ers, and I just picked them off like target practice. I felt kinda bad, since they were all toasted from the ride and here I am just trotting along on fairly fresh legs. The best part about being towards the back is all the extra water - and the kids who throw it at you! That was awesome.

Not be injured and be in better shape. But I didn't plan on trying to PR here, just to go out for an easy run to finish strong.

Got some Gatorade, went back to the tent and ate some food. Chatted with people. Helped pack up the tent stuff.


Again, being injured, etc.


So, we didn't break any time goals with this relay. But Dianne had told me that she'd be slow and the nice thing about the relay format is that there's WAY less pressure to "win". You just go out and do your thing. And it's fun to help teammates get into things - Dianne doesn't race much, I guess, so it was nice that she was able to come out. So even though our relay team finished DFL, it doesn't really matter to me. I did what I came to do on my two legs, so that's what I care about.