Mountain Man Triathlon - Sprint Distance - TriathlonSprint

The worst swim of my triathlon career to date. I don't know what happened. Perhaps it was a combination of not being at the fitness level I would have liked, the altitude and the fact that the forest service was conducting a controlled burn right near the race sight resulting in a thick smokey haze right over the lake. Whatever the reason, I simply could not get enough air. This was the first time that I've ever been on the verge of a panic attack. I didn't settle into some sort of rhythm until nearly halfway through. Wow that totally sucked!

I don't know. I am going to really rack up more OWS practice. I can't let something like this happen again.

A little slow because I was still reeling from the crappy swim. Also, for some reason the sizing band inside my helmet was set to the tightest setting and it took a few confused attempts at cramming my helmet on before I realized this and adjusted it.

A am going to really practice S/B transitions now. I know I can get it closer to 1 min.

I could definitely feel the 7500' altitude. 24mph average. I think it was a pretty good result considering...

Nothing

I can do better. I should be in and out in 30-40 seconds. End of story.

Practice x3

Again, I definitely could feel the altitude. I should be hitting 7- 7:30'/miles.

I am going to spend some time trying to figure this out.


Despite the swim freak-out, I still beat my last sprint distance by 2 minutes - even with a longer swim. I'm always happy to be moving in the right direction. My next sprint distance goal is to go sub-1:10. I know I can do it.