Great American Cooter Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

This swim felt foreign to me. I had not swam in over 2 weeks and I could feel it. Overall the water was really dark, almost like pepsi, but not dirty. I think the cooler water and the fact that I hadnt swam in a bit really through me off guard. Nothing felt wrong but nothing felt right. I did have a better time this go round drafting off someone for about 30 seconds or so. It is not much but then again it is more than I ever have before.

This swim was also very rough people wise. I could never break free from the pack. I could tell this was a much more advanced swimming group than I had competed with before. I was never surronded by a ton of people but I was always kicking/hitting or getting kicked/hit.

Swim. I needed to have trained right the previous two weeks.

T1 felt really good to me and my time showed. The only thing I can say is that after putting the bike shoes on, I just felt wet. My socks and shoes were soaked for the entire bike. Good thing I don't blister easily. Not sure how to prevent that really other than drying off and I am not wasting time to do that.

Figure out this whole wet shoe thing. once I transition to my tri shoes and no socks I am hoping it wont be a problem

I pushed myself extremely hard for the first half of this course. I had to constantly remind myself to back off in the second half or I knew I would bonk on the run. Again I could tell this was a much more competitive crowd, as I didn't pass too many people and some passed me (but not too many). However, there were always people around. This was a very tri knowledgeable community. Not too many "on your left's" but many respectful competitors. Only had issues with 2 people who took over the middle of the road or unnecessarily crossed the yellow line.

just keep my rear in the seat for more practice. pace is increasing with each race

For the first time I was able to slide my feet into my shoes without bending over. Coming out of T2 my shoes felt very loose but I adjusted quickly to the feeling. Ran out of T2 with my belt and hat. Smooth transition for me.

DO it again? Everything went well this time

I felt majorly slow on this run. No matter what I did, I just felt slow, slow, slow. Out of the five women in my age group that finished in front of me, I watched 4 of them pass me. Fairly disappointing to know that I was doing so well until the run. (They finished the run in 26:52, 27:32, 27:22 and 31:17 as compared to my 33:49) It just reaffirms that I need to work on my running. Looking back at my last tri, I realized I was only 5 seconds slower on the run which is awesome compared to how much harder I pushed myself on the bike.

work on the running.

Family was standing right at the end of the finishers chute so my cool down was non exhistant. I tried to stretch a little while standing there but probably should have taken a few minutes to walk around.


Running. Ug every time it is the running.


Overall, I loved this race and will return next year. It was a great way to combine family and racing and they really enjoyed the spectator friendly atmosphere and activities of the Cooter Festival.