Phily Tri - Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon - Sprint - TriathlonSprint

It was actually much cleaner/clearer than the Chesapeake Bay (at least, where the swim was). It felt like it took a while to get through the starting buoys once the foghorn (or whatever it was) sounded. I was definitely a lot slower than I thought I'd be, had a hard time getting focused (not being able to even see the 1st buoy b/c of the bridge pilings didn't help, nor did seeing the majority of women in my wave increasing the distance between me & them). The swim felt interminable and I was glad when it was over, though I normally enjoy my swims, even the OWS in the Chesapeake.

I need to figure out how to go faster - maybe increasing strokes? I also wouldn't swim the day before, even though it was only 20 min, it was almost race distance and I think that had an impact.

I know my T1 was long, but I'd planned to not worry about my T time since I just wanted to enjoy the experience, knew I wasn't racing for rank & wanted to make sure that I stretched enough between events to help out the tendinitis in my knee cap (doctor stressed the importance of stretching front & back of leg equally to help w/ it). I was also pretty shaky coming out of the swim, which I hadn't expected but probably because it took me so much longer than I thought it would. I was glad for the water bottle to squirt the sand & grass off my feet before drying them off.

Not sure, but I hope that I feel better coming out of my swim the next time & don't feel the need to settle myself & gain focus - I hope I can do that as I start (or before starting) the swim.

It was quite scenic & I was proud of myself for being able to hydrate while on the bike (that was a pleasant & unexpected surprise to be able to pull it off w/o losing a water bottle or slowing down ridiculously). Looking back, I'm somewhat surprised that this was probably my favorite part of the race, even though my hands went numb at the beginning & I had all sorts of issues with my shorts pinching & rubbing - and trying to adjust once on the bike is pretty much a non-starter.

I forgot that I'd moved part of my bike computer & forgot to move it close to the piece on the wheel, so I wasn't able to tell how far into the course I was, nor was I able to track MY distance (vs. the advertised distance of the course). So I would make sure my bike computer was ready to go. I would also make sure my shorts (or whatever) don't cause me problems coming out of the swim (they tend to get dragged down/out of place by the swim). Try to relax my upper body more since my hands went numb rather quickly & it took me a while to loosen up enough to regain feeling in them.

Again with the stretching & trying to hydrate. Put the race belt on & had a piece of bagel as I ran out & was thankful for the Gatorade on my way out of transition.

have more water with me & drink that instead of G2.

The run started on the grass, which I hated and I had a hard time getting my knee to cooperate, so I limped/ran through the 1st .25 miles or so. I just wasn't motivated enough to pull it together to really push on the run; I ran the last 1/3 mile or so after alternating walking & running (slowly, at that) most of the way.

build up my endurance & overall fitness so that I would push it on the run to finish strong, not just finish to be done with it. Maybe get a water bottle to carry with me on the run to NOT drink so much gatorade

walking around with daughter & husband


needed to do more endurance training; patellar tendinitis
Notes to self: I need to work on core, endurance & nutrition (my body hated me the rest of the day for consuming so much G2 & Gatorade when I hadn't done so before).


Not sure I will ever do a large city with a toddler again (not the race's fault, but it definitely was much more difficult than anticipated).