Tri the Parks Triathlon - Indian Springs - TriathlonSprint

Out of the water in 16:30. Much better than the last swim. I swam almost all freestyle and did not feel uncomfortable being in the open water like I did last time. I also was not the last one to finish in my wave. Could definitely do better but was much happier.

Keep on training in the open water to get more comfortable. More technique work to improve stroke efficiency and speed.

The jog/walk up the hill from the water was tough. Seemed like a really long way. Had remembered to put the number on my helmet before the race. Put on socks and helmet. Grabbed shoes and bike and ran to mount line. Felt like forever but it was better than last time.

At some point in time I need to practice flying mounts.

Had a good ride. The only thing that scared me a little was when my left calf started to knot up on me at about 8 miles. Just relaxed and stretched it a little on the pedals. Also took on some more powerade throughout the ride to try to replace the lost electrolytes.

Borrowed my friends Trek 2.1 again. I need to get a road bike to train with so that I can get my legs used to the gears. I really love that bike. It seems fast and I know that if I trained on a road bike that I could go faster.

Ran with bike shoes on from dismount into transition. My right calk started to knot up as I took my shoes off. Just relaxed for a second and stretched it out a little.

Learn to do a flying dismount.

My calves were bothering me a little but never really got that about to cramp up feeling. They were just letting me know they were there. I was hot and tired. At about 2.5 miles I noticed that my shoes were squishing from being wet with sweat.

I need to lose more weight. I am at 238 right now. I think about if I was 200 pounds and tried to tote a 35 pound plate while running how much it would slow me down.

Walk around.


Weight.


I have really enjoyed the races in the Tri the Parks series.