Patriot Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was in the last wave because I'm new to swimming and am still developing my endurance. People in my wave didn't have the proper etiquette and it ended up being a survival of the fittest. I had to walk in the shallow end because the person in front on me wouldn't let me pass. I ended up bobbing in the deep end cuz doing a stroke was impossible. (I did get a few strokes in).

I need to work on building my confidence, endurance and speed so I can be in an earlier wave where they were actually swimming!

I felt a little dizzy coming out of the water. It took me about a minute to get my bearings; therefore I was a bit slower in transitioning than I wanted.

I think I had everything laid out well. I need to work on speeding up my timing.

I felt strong during the bike ride and was surprised I didn't do better than I did. I took my jelly belly's prior to the big hills and I think it helped me. The route markings and volunteers were very helpful.

I need to build up my strength in my hamstrings and my quads and push myself more. I didn't want to push too hard as my goal was to finish the race and I was afraid if I pushed too hard I wouldn't be able to do the hilly run.

I felt like I was moving in slow motion. My brain knew what to do but my body wasn't responding accordingly.

I need to practice more so my muscles learn to make the adjustment faster.

It was a very difficult course after swimming and biking. My body adjusted and I was ok.

Train using that route. Work on building hamstring and quad strength.

Walked around and tried to drink the recovery drink which tasted horrible!
Did a little stretching


I lacked the strength in my muscles to perform any faster. My cardio was fine.
Considering I started training in June and had not done any of the sports prior to that I am pleased with how far I'd gotten


You could tell that a lot of pre-planning and organization had taken place. Everything ran smoothly during the event!