Mutisport Mayhem - TriathlonSprint

Not a bad swim for the first time I have ever swam in open water (unless you count childhood beach and river trips) or swam in a wetsuit.
I don't really think this was 400m. There is no way I could have swam that fast in freezing water. I know Orca makes a good wetsuit, but it doesn't have a propeller and that is the only way I could swim that fast. Oh, by the way, THANK GOD FOR FULLSUITS.
I'm not sure about the water temp, but I think I saw some chunks of ice float by me.

I would site the buoys a little more often. I took a very long turn around the first buoy, but it did get me out of a large group that was swimming slower than me.

Man I need work on my transitions. I could have been a competitor if I work on my transitions. Of course when you can't feel your hands it is hard to do much, but what are those people doing to get times below a minute.

Practice my transitions and maybe swim in my wetsuit once before the race so I can practice getting out of it.

I was real happy with my biking. What do you know? The indoor trainer was a great investment, but it doesn't do much for cornering. Hopefully my cornering will get better throughout the season. Maybe I will do some of the local time trials this summer...hmmm...
Oh by the way...it was really, really, really cold. At one point I'm sure it was sleeting. I forgot my sunglasses in my car and boy did I pay for that.

In the middle of the bike segment I got a little too comfortable and I noticed my HR dropped 9 bmp. I was trying to keep my HR around 152, but found it at 145 without noticing. I will pay better attention next time.

Here we go again. I sure did work on transitions. It didn't help that I couldn't feel my fingers. I couldn't pinch my quick laces. For a sec I just looked at my running shoes and hoped someone would come by and tie them for me, but no one did. But a bunch of people came and went while I was looking for my finger tips.

hmmm... hand warmers. Would that work?

And I thought my hands were cold at transition. At some point I'm sure my sweat froze to my face. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little, but did I say it was cold. It wasn't so bad after the turn and I was able to pick up the pace a bit. My legs were a bit toast at the beginning.

More bricks. More bricks. More bricks.

Shivering. I havn't been that cold in years.


The weather and not practicing my transitions enough.


Organization was acceptable, especially under these conditions. Thumbs up.

A++++++++ to the volunteers. Apparently triathletes are just crazy enough to swim, bike, run in that weather, but thank God for every single person out there helping.