Capitol View Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I believe the swim was short. With the long run up to transition and knowing my swimming, I think this is a touch fast. I could be wrong. I started in the front to the left. Caught the wave in front of us. There were 4 of us in our Female 30-44 wave that came out at the same time. 1 was obviously in my age group.

This was one of my best open water swims. I felt strong. Didn't swallow water. I just don't like how shallow the water is. It was definitely better than when I did it 2 years ago. I didn't even mind the long run to transition. I didn't like getting bunched up with some of the olympic swimmers at the end of the course, but it wasn't too bad. I had NO contact. I don't know that I could do anything different. Being a good swimmer - I don't draft. There is never anyone faster than me in front of me.

I pulled off my bandage and sprayed it with bactine. It was a tad chilly so I put a shirt on. This slowed me a bit. Socks and shoes went smoothly.

I don't know how to get faster. I still am slow here.

This felt really good. I worked hard. Rob told me to go like hell, so I did. It was definitely not 12 miles. My garmin locked up so I can't tell you the exact mileage, but I KNOW it was short. That's okay. I did well anyways.

I honestly don't think I would change what I did. I worked out there today.

This seems slow, but I did transition pretty well. I put my hat on while I was running. Same with the race belt.

Wade yelled at me to get bungee laces. Maybe that's what I could do different.

I guess I should have pushed this a bit. I did not get passed by one person in this run. I did A LOT of passing. I am capable of running about 4 minutes faster, but no more than that. Overall I felt good though.

Push harder in the woods maybe? I just kept aiming to pass the people in front of me. I took 2 water breaks, but they were brief. Maybe I didn't need them.

Water, apples, walked a bit and watched my friends come in. Did try some of the beer, but it still isn't a good post-race fuel for me. My nephew was being baptized at noon in Lake Geneva, so I didn't have time to wait around for awards. I still haven't stretched either and I've been done for 12 hours now.

Oh - For Females overall, I was 12/172


I don't know. This was a top notch race for me. I think that had the weather been sunny/hotter/more humid - I would have done worse.


They have really improved this race since the 1st year. I like that they divided it into Male waves and Female waves. I don't know that I like the olympic starting before the sprint, but being in the later wave of the sprint - didn't affect me as much as some of the earlier waves. I wish the bike was more true to the posted distance. The run is tough. This is a tougher race than others I've done so far. I am VERY pleased and am glad that my friends talked me into doing this one again.