Rattlesnake Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I felt good on the swim, but never really felt like I was in a groove.

Focus on stroke and finding my rythm. Just never happened. Overall, I felt pretty good and finished within my goal time. The run to transition was a little painful on my feet. I think I hurt my feet by walking around so much prior to the swim.

My transition was slow. I wanted to make sure I took care of everything rather than rushing. Unfortunately I forgot my sunglasses in the Transition area so I rode without them. Not good when riding in the rain.

Put my sun glasses in a spot where I don't forget them.

I really didn't want to do this course. I just haven't been on my bike enough recently with the new baby and it showed.

Make sure to have my sun glasses. You lose a suprising amount of energy squinting for 14 miles. Also they added 2 miles to this course and failed to tell anyone until the end. Not good on such a hilly course.

This transition was pretty good. I had a good spot near the bike entrance.

Not much, I felt I got in and out of T2 quickly.

Again like the bike, I haven't been running enough this year, and it showed. I was running in the 25's earlier this year, but since May haven't put in enough work.

Train more. But overall I felt good. The first 1/4 mile, my butt hurt like never before. Kind of a hami/glut thing going on. I might have pushed to hard on the hills for the bike.

walked around and cheered Josh on through the finish. Talked to some of the BTr's then packed up and went home.


Training and the weather.


This was supposed to be a race for fun. The weather kind of dampened that. I also made way too many mistakes. I forgot a jacket, extra shoes, my sun glasses on the ride. I haven't trained much because of the Baby (I'm o.k. with this one.). Also the Rain made for a miserable day, though the run was good.

I did learn not to prod Ryan into running harder. I saw him about 1/2 a mile behind me after the turn around and told him to catch me. BIG mistake. Right as they were calling out my name at the finish, the Orange blur zipped by.

Overall, it was fun and it was good to see all the Btr's especially those doing this as their first real tri. Welcome to the Club. I wish I had trained better and had performed better, but like I said above this was for fun, so I can't be to hard on myself. We'll see how the Fall Frenzy goes. :)