Lions Spring Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I had to say I thought I personally did well, I did get kicked and bumped into , the swimming was a weak spot for me but I swam free style till the fourth lap when I swam on my side with one arm extended then caught my breath and swam the last lap better, I realzie that in thescheme of other peoples 3,4 and5 minute swim I was like a tortoise but I will take it the time and improve

I did drink some gatorade and took a quick gel, put on socks and running sneakers as I did not use the bike shoes

I will have my bike shoes on next one so I can take off goggles , put on shirt and hop on bike

Once again I was disappointed in the bike, I was averaging under 40m in traing, however with the t1 time added to bike and having my chain slip off and dismounting I did not reach my goal ove getting under 40m. It was some wonderful downhills that were thrilling scary to be going so fast

Do more hills , get more knowledgeable of the shifting gears smoothly and just plain ol get out on the road more and have a purpose in my training

This was smooth, just get the helmet off and leave the glasses on, I already had my bib number attached to singlet. another quick gel and asip of water and i was off

maybe have some water just to throw on my head to cool me off

My calves were just cramping at this point, never felt anything like it,I have not finshed a 5k in over 30m since my first year of running now it was over 40m. but I took it as I had no other choice, I tried a slow jog but the calved would stop me, and the shin splints too,at the first water stop i just ran pole to pole andwalk to the next, etc, that worked and I just gradually got my legs back but by that time it was a painful way to finish, finally about mile 2 i was able to "run" the rest of the way

Due to a running injury while doing the Stu's 30k in march my running has been almost non existant, which is why my shins were burning, I just have to run 2 or 3 miles more often and get my leg back under me

Just drank plenty of fluid and went home and had a good lunch


I think the bike was pretty tough which affected my run more than I thought, I wanted to finish under 80 minutes but I finshed in 96m, I however just felt as painful as it was it was also alot of fun too, After running several marathons I felt this was challenging for me and I look forward to improving in the biking and running for my next tri in July


I know I finished near last place but I am happy to at least attempted , sprint tri's are harder than I thought they would be, biking up hills is way tougher than running up a hill to me. and the sensation of running after biking was like the last miles of a marathon to me. Although I was nearly last I I know My running abilities were questionable so I am glad to just have to gotten through it, i enjoyed myself