Ellensburg Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Horrible. First ever open water swim. Cold took breath away. After getting around a group of people in front of me, struggled badly. Backstroke almost half the swim.

Practice, Practice, Practice. Need to relax and not panic.

Couldn't walk straight after swim. I was completely exhausted.

All comes down to practicing open water swim.

Took about 12-15 minutes to calm down from swim. After that it was a comfortable ride. Haven't ridden at this pace at this distance before.

Didn't ride bike much before event. Need to ride more.

Jogged bike to transition area. Racked bike, helmet off and cap on, finished gatorade and running shorts on.

Forget running shorts.

Ran pretty good. After the swim and bike, didn't know I would be able to keep a decent pace through the run. I was hoping to average 10min/mile but happy to be a little quicker.

Nothing.

A little stretching, drank a lot of water, ate muffin and bagel, spent time w/wife and kids.


Unable to settle down during swim. If swim was better, overall times would be quicker. Need to work on a lot of things. Even w/the struggles in the swim, was ok w/bike and happy w/run.


I still say it was a good race because it was my first actual triathlon. Last one the swim was the night before in pool and bike/run was the next morning. I am happy that I was able to complete the event quicker than my goal even w/my swim issues. Will be back next year and try to better my performance.