Croixathlon - TriathlonSprint

I have to say, I was pretty darn pleased with the swim, given how much I have actually swam recently. When we took off, I tried to get out quickly in front of most of the wave, and it worked well. There were a couple of superfast gals who took off like rockets, but other than them, I was able to get out ahead of the wave and stay there. Good, clear water most of the way. Some crowding around the buoys of course, but not bad.

Nothing really. I was awfully happy with this. It kind of stinks that the swim end timing mat is way up on the deck because it adds a bunch of time to the swim split, but that's not anything I can do differently.

This was pretty slow. I was dog tired after climbing "the hill" back up to T1. I needed to recover here. LOL

Magically levitate up The Hill.

So, what to say about this bike...It was fine, I guess. Again, given training, it was fine. Certainly, not great, but fine. I did notice a couple of times that my mind was kind of wandering and I wasn't really pushing real hard, which is not good. (I think I write that in pretty much every race report, don't I?)

If you read my blog, you'll know that my bike was freshly tuned this week. That is good, but it changed the gearing some... It took me a while to get used to it. Also, there was a chunk of time in the middle where it just would not go into the big chain ring. That stunk. So it was the small chain ring for a loooong time there in the middle.

Maybe train more? :)

This split also has a good amount of time included that isn't actual riding (pretty good distance from timing mat to the mount/dismount line), but it is what it is. It's not like it would have made that much of a difference, really.

Not an impressive transition.

Actually put my speed laces in my shoes, for one. At least attempt to run with my bike, for another.

Ok, honestly, I was pleased with this pace. That's pretty sad, I know, but it's true. This was a whole lot of run a few, walk a few, run a few, walk a few. So I was fully expecting to see something in the 13:00 min/mile range for this. The PF foot was already angry before I even got off the bike, so I just ran until it hurt too much, then walked until it subsided. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Foot transplant.

After I finished, I quickly grabbed some water and a piece of watermelon. I knew my sister was still out on the run and probably having a tough go of it, so a friend of mine from the kettlebell gym and I backtracked on the course until we found her. (Bonus Points for me for having to traverse that ravine AGAIN! I think that should count for about five minutes off my race time. :) We found her and trotted back in with her.


The usual list of suspects: lack of training, PF foot, weight. Nothing new to report here. Although I do weigh less now than at this time last summer, and am slowly but surely still dropping.


This was a pretty humbling race from a results standpoint, but really, it is what I expected based on training. Honestly, the fact that I even went and looked at the results and recorded them is progress. Last year I didn't do that for any of my races because I didn't want to see them. :)

This is a very fun race. Race organizers are cool, laid back, and funny. Lots of volunteers. Very casual atmosphere. I really like it. If it weren't for that *&^%$#$&% hill coming up from the lake to transition, it might be in the running for my favorite course. :)