Danskin Women's Triathlon - Chicagoland (Pleasant - TriathlonSprint

I sighted quite poorly. the sun was right in my eyes, and I think I assumed that it would be easy since it was a point to poinht, but I zigged a bit and had to zag back. also, in spite of the 4 min time between waves, there were bodies EVERYWHERE, so I did a lot of swimming around random people as though in an obstacle course

sight better. but this was 3 minutes faster than last year, so I am pleased

GRRR! I couldn;t find my bike! I borrowed a Trek demo bike ( a real tri bike, woo woo) and had a tough time spotting it. it was a LONG run with the bike to the exit. no wetsuit made it easy :)

run through the T area a few times in the morning to get it in muscle memory if not brain memory

I got to ride the Equinox again, but unlike last year, when I was a weaker cyclist, the gains didn;t seem so hot. I actually had the EXACT same time as last year! I think I am a much faster biker this year, smarter too, and also much more "like one" with my road bike, and I should have ridden it. The fit with the equinox was weak, just a seat height adjustment was made, and while i had an easy start to my run (legs felt fine!) my quads burned the whole ride. And believe it or not, I get lower riding in my drops on my road bike than the way the equinox was set up! So I dunno. It was another experiment, I guess. I had no watch, no HRM, no bike computer, so it was all by feel, which makes me think I could have gone a bit harder had I known where I was in the course. It was incredibly miserably windy from mile 8 on, so the last bit was way slower than the first

not much, I learned a lot. I think I am done experimenting though. NO riding a bike I haven;t become ONE with! (with which I haven;t yet become ONE)

it's tough to mauever a tri bike through a jam packed T area full of clueless people running around.. I LOVE my new speedlaces

not much

weak. I felt like I was doing a nice 10 pace. It was kind of hot, but still, I felt better than that time reflects. I did take 3 1 minute walk breaks, but I always do, so I dunno what happened.

? wear a watch? nah, it's more fun without stressing out about time

fitness deficit, not enough preparation


danskin is always fun. I am encouraged that my swim was faster than last year, I ran a lot more than I did last year )last year ITBS had me walking from the start) but a bit disappointed in the bike. I have imporved tremendously from last year, but my time didn;t reflect that.