Lake Waconia Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Watched the elites come in and said hi to my family one last time, then missed my spot in the start line by about 10 guys. In my rush to get in the water I forgot to start my watch until I was about 45 seconds in, but it also didn't give me time to get nervous about the swim. I felt this swim went well for me; found my openings, swam pretty straight, rounded the buoys tight, and found some feet to follow.

I feel I only have one pace when it comes to swimming hard, and I need to get better at bi-lateral breathing when the water is cold.

Found my spot no problem. Suit got stuck, and one of my shoes didn't want to go on.

Put bodyglide on my ankles to see if that helps get my wetsuit off faster. And I'd really like to try tri specific shoes, but maybe next year.

Light rain most of the time on the bike, just enough to keep the roads wet. Had Gatorade in my bottle, and got just over half of it down with no problems.

Just get more experience and learn how hard to push.

Took the time to use my inhaler and fix the tounge on one shoe.

Not much, my next pair of shoes will be the asics tri noosa (sp?).

First mile is mostly uphill, and it felt a little slow, but I pushed the right amount and felt good out there. Sipped and splashed at each water stop.

This was not a goal race, so no need to kill myself.

Walk, stretch, get food for Hazel. Found a couple BT'ers and chatted.


I did okay today.


Nice, challenging course, plenty of room in transition, and family friendly. One complaint; it'd be nice to have a visual, or the anouncer talking about where they are in the start order, but I'll own my part in missing my spot.
I'll do this one again, its fun to see the people shooting for the BOTUS spots.