OCCC Super Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was super slow today. Must've been due to not training for the past couple of weeks. I need to incorporate more speed work into my swim workouts.

Really, there was nothing I would have done differently.....I didn't get to swim for almost two weeks because we went on vacation last week, and I can't very well make my family schedule its vacations around my triathlons.

Man....I don't know why I'm so slow in transition. I ran from the pool to the transition area. I did a quick dry-off, put on my socks, shoes, helmet, heart rate monitor, grabbed a Gu and ran out of transition. I was shocked to see how long this took. I MUST work on transition times.

Practice transitions at least once a week.

As I was heading north on pothole road, I turned my head and realized I was riding by a field filled with beautiful yellow flowers. Millions of them, splattered with bunches of white flowers and brown fern. It was breathtaking. Totally worth the entire race.

More time in the saddle.

Again, I don't know what the hell happened here. Ran into transition, racked bike, removed helmet and shoes, slipped-on running shoes, grabbed hat and ran out of transition.

Practice more.

I'm a slow runner. I simply have not built a running base, yet. I'm working on it. Obviously, this will improve with time but until then I just have to be patient.

I haven't been able to run for almost two months due to injuries, so the fact that I even finished is something I'm very happy about. Had a bit of post-run tendonitis pain, but it has vanished 12 hours post race. I will continue to train with my new orthodics and running shoes, increasing the volume at a reasonable rate.

Of course, weight is an issue that still needs to be addressed, but it's coming off....however slowly.

Nothing. Can't run any faster when you don't have a base to begin with, and have injuries to deal with.

Walked around panting. Drank water, ate a banana and pretzels. Watched Andy order everyone to smile as they approached the finish line (he was successful 100% of the time). Talked to a few people.


Shew. Let me list the things:

1. Inexperience/lack of base conditioning.
2. Weight - I need to lose some more.
3. No swim training for almost two weeks.
4. No running for almost two months.
5. Injuries
6. Hallucinations
7. Paranoia
8. Aliens


It was a fun race, but I was a bit taken aback by the road conditions. I may or may not do this race again.