Sullivan Civic Center Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I am a slow swimmer and tried to fall in with the 11:30 - 12 minute group. Couple of people in front who were struggling. Passed a lot more people than I would have thought. Just tried to focus on staying calm and this worked well for me.

Nothing really, probably could have moved forward in the line a bit.

It had been raining and my foot slipped off the left pedal. Clipped in all right after that.

Practice running and jumping on bike

First few miles were great with a tailwind, although the surface seemed slick to me. one time a big truck went by and it felt like I would be blown off the road. Kind of scary with the rain and wind. Got rained on a couple of times. At one point the sky kind of opened up and it felt like about 5 seconds of hail before turning into a stinging rain. These were the worst conditions I have ever ridden in.

Did the best I could under the conditions.

I was very cold and my legs were tired after pushing on the bike. Fingers didn't want to work.

Weather related, probably nothing I could do about it.

My legs were shot; I took a lot of walk breaks.

More bike/run brick work

I was freezing cold and shivering. Got bike and gear loaded up and sat in my car to warm up a bit, then went back in the civic center and changed into dry clothes. Still cold though. They had Subway sandwiches down in the gymnasium and I just kind of sat on a bench and ate my sandwich. Watched some of the awards but it was late and I had a long drive back to Springfield. Felt good to get back in the car and crank the heater.


I knew I was somewhat undertrained, so feel pretty good about my times given the difficult weather conditions.


Definitely plan to come back in 2011. I opted to participate as an Athena; in retrospect that might not have been the best decision, as I was the oldest (48) in the group.