Celebration Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was confident (only) about the swim, so was surprised to feel horribly, incredibly nauseous just a couple of minutes into it, which freaked me out. I alternated breaststroke/freestyle for what seemed like forever until I felt a little better, then finished the swim going my own pace – 25:07 was slower than I’d hoped, but I’ll take it. Fighting through the bodies & attack of the killer seaweed kept it interesting at the end.

Definitely avoid the Gatorade pre-swim - vowed not to change my routine but I did!

Would also do some quick sprints vs treading water to get HR up purposefully - wonder if it was the gatorade or the adrenaline rush at the outset that made me feel so violently ill?

I knew that I was taking my time in transition, but didn’t realize just what a slug I was, though at least I left transition with my heart-rate down & feeling rested. Walked to bike when realized how painful running still was, emptied bladder, drank water, ate some chomps, put on sweatband, glasses, helmet, and gloves to absorb sweat. Walked bike out of T1, too.

Walked faster or run into T1 - just couldn't though, and getting my HR down was good for my nerves

I’d ridden the course only 5 or 6 times & had only a couple other road rides under my belt beyond that, so was most nervous about my (lack of) prep for the bike, yet I had my best ride ever on the course with my fastest max speed (still nervous on downhillls) & average mph thus far. Loved what the adrenaline rush did for my legs, and being able to enjoy the scenery without worrying about dodging traffic, too. The volunteers on the course were so cheerful & encouraging. I took a couple of minutes to stop and drink water at the turnaround and was stoked to not feel totally trashed on the hills. Centennial Park never looked so good as it did at the end of that ride. The Sunday morning practice rides were great prep.

Not much. My speed and confidence on the road should definitely improve with time - I love the bike! I need to practice drinking & driving, too - attempted once or twice, but slowed down so much to focus on not crashing simultaneously. Probably didn't need to stop as long as I did at the turnaround, either.

Surprised it was this short - was so wobbly coming down the hill into transition - harder than T1 to get used to walking, let alone running. Knew starting off for run that running was still incredibly painful, so dropped to the ground to try to stretch out my hip a bit.

nothing. Will say that seeing folks pushing their bikes up the hills was a great reminder for me, that (1) getting through the legs ANY way I could was still a win, and (2) I wasn't in as bad a shape as I'd thought - everything's relative.

I knew the run would suck bc I haven’t been able to run for the last couple of weeks without a lot of hip pain (beyond being new to the running thing in general), so I mostly walked, but had great conversations along the way. I’d been running about 8½ minute miles in my training, so had hoped to be able to get 10-12 minutes/mile, but am happy with my time bc it means that I finished! I stuffed my bra with ice at every stop, which never would’ve occurred to me had I not read so many RR’s on the MMTC list – what a difference it made; I had no idea it was really as hot as it was.

Maybe try to run more and to run faster? Felt like knives jabbing my hip every time I tried to run, but it never got worse, and I wasn't a whole lot more sore on Monday than I'd been the day before, so wondered retrospectively if I could've pushed it more? I made sure I'd saved up enough gas for the end to make a strong finish in public view, lol.

weepy & hugged the family with a sh*t eating grin on my face. So glad daughter was waiting just before the chute so that she could jump in and run across the finish line with me, though she had a hard time keeping up with my last-hurrah sprint!

Drank more water, craved a diet coke, but the chocolate chip cookies really hit the spot. Should've stretched, but didn't.


My hip. Fine on the swim - didn't try to go fast. Bike I did my own personal best. Hip was killing me on the run. Having knees taped up, though, was amazing - first time my knees haven't hurt in literally years.


I think it was awesome, but what do I have to compare it to? Seemed very well organized, though for the life of me didn't understand the logic of putting my AG in the 11th wave out of 14, or combining F45-49 with F20-24 (followed by M25-29 to boot!). Ice in the bra was HUGE factor in keeping as cool as I did on the run.

Racing for a charity team was just the reality check I needed to keep it all in proper perspective, too.