5430 Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

for my first open water racing situation, it was ok. I never got into a rhythm, and despite being confident in my swim training, I was breathing hard. I actually side stroked a few times just to catch my breath and get my bearings. Kind of went wide around the buoys so wished I had cut the corners more. The last part I just gave it my all. Still feel like I could have been faster, but satisfied with my performance. The swim time includes the run up to the transition area, and I kind of took my time. Actually walked a little at the end becasue the road was so rough-ouch! So, actual swim time, DECENT. Proud to come in 227th out of 1282 people!!!

get more OW racing time in, train more for speed than endurance, hug the buoys closer.

could have been faster but I went into this planning on resting some during transition. Washed feet with water bottle, toweled off, helmet on, sunglasses, socks and shoes, grabbed some food and took off!

Not much, maybe hurry up!

so, didn't get out much on the bike this year because I live in the mountains and we don't have a lot of paved areas to road bike (I'm scared of traffic) , and the mt bike trails have been snowy and muddy until recently. I didn't think I would do very well here. I felt like I had to save my legs for the run, which is my worst event, so I didn't go too hard. I tried to make up time spent dragging myself up the hills by tearing down the downhills, which was fun! My avg. MPH is pretty sad. I was hoping to come in under an hour and think that would have been totally possible if not for holding back a bit. First time using tri bars in a race, I used them some but not much.

Train more, down in Denver or something. Get better shoes so my feet don't go numb (bad for T2!)

knew from last year that when I get off the bike after 17 miles, my legs are like spaghetti. So got off carefully and walked to rack. Let feet get feeling back, drank some Gatorade and put my running hat and shoes on. I could tell my legs were not going to cooperate in the run. So wobbled my way out of transition, and up the hill.

hustle to the rack

Running is my worst event. I've always been slow with no endurance, since I was a kid. I've been running a lot lately so thought I would be OK. But......sun was beating down on the front of my body, so quickly got extremely HOT. LIke I said, I live in the mountains and always, always run at 5:30 a.m., when it is between 0 and 45 degrees, summer included. I was not prepared for the heat or humidity. My legs felt like my brain wasn't communicating to them, and I just got overheated. Even had some chills and goosebumps. Stomach felt sick from the Gatorade. And legs were drained from the bike. The course seemed very long. Saw friend at turnaround and thought she would catch me but she didn't. I ended up walking a lot of this run. Was hoping to do 10 min/mi but ended up doing over 11. Just didn't have the heart to put everything into this run. Still happy overall.

train more in heat and humidity, train more for speed, force myself to keep going even thought my body is screaming STOP!!!

The ice cold towel at the end was a God-send! I don't think I could have cooled down without it. Hung out with family and tried to eat but stomach still upset. Felt really beat.


Not training in heat and humidity, not preparing enough for OW and not biking enough.


I had fun, which is the most important thing, right?