Pinehurst Triathlon - Triathlon

Wave start from beach was a first, not too bad...

Navigation to first turn was brutual, as we were swimming straight into a raising, blinding sun. No ability to spot bouy, just used the crowd I was swiming with to track to the bouy (actually ran into it).Easily navigated the remaining bouys.

Water smelled fishy, made it hard to initially really lean into the water.

Limited my legs usage till the last bit...

Kick more, prep more

Trouble getting wetsuit over the chip on the left ankle. Also, I was a bit qooze from going from horizontal to vertical.

Cold feet, generally just numb and unable to get feet into cycling shoes. I attribute part of this also to the toe covers squeezing the shoes too.

Was not prepared for the level of climbing we would do...

Seemed like every downhill was in the shade and into the wind, major freeze. Every climb was in the sun. Net: I loved the climbs and hated the descents.

Be more prepared to climb

Did not trust my legs/feet for jumping off the bike.

Struggled with numb feet, getting them into running shoes.

Spin out legs more.

Brutal run, again not unwarned, but did not really believe how hard it would be to run. Starts off tough and gets better...

Run faster

Guzzled a coke, cheered Alice into the finish... ate a bunch of orange slices and drank some water while waiting for the awards ceremony


Challenging race, and I'll be doing it again