Chain of Lakes Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim felt like alot of work. My heart rate was super high and my breathing was terrible. My 9:10 time includes probably 15 seconds getting to the timing mat from the pool. I was hoping for faster, around 8:45 out of the water.

Not sure, it just wasn't a good swim day.

I was hoping for faster, but with the poor weather I chose to put on a shirt, which ate up 15-20 seconds. This is my second race with the shoes pre-clipped, and I thought it went really well. In fact, another racer left transition just before I did who was also pre-clipped, and I was able to get into my shoes and pass him while he still fumbled with his.

Nothing

Bike went really well, about as good as I could have hoped. I knew in my head that I had to finish the bike course in 36-37 minutes to have a shot at meeting my overall time goal, and I did. Putting in the miles and work is paying off, I'm very happy with that.

Eventually I'll get better at hills and go faster.

I waited too long to get out of my shoes and couldn't get my right foot on top of my shoe, rather it was on the pedal with the shoe underneath. Not ideal. My racking spot was crowded in with others' poorly placed bikes so it was hard to get mine onto the rack. My shoes could have gone on faster. I was hoping for well under a minute here.

Correct all of the above.

The run went pretty well, I was hoping for sub-21 minutes but I'm still very pleased with that time. I didn't wear a watch so I just ran as fast as I could. My heart rate was through the roof and my breathing labored, but that was part of the plan and I just had to go as hard as I physically could because it's only 20 minutes of pain.

Go harder. For me to run 7:39 splits is unreal fast, so I'm simply happy with that.

Walked around, ate a banana, drank some gatorade and warmed up.


Nothing in particular, I'm just not that fast, yet.


I am super excited and happy with my results this year. I finished this race last year, my first tri ever, in 1:19:41. So yes, I shaved almost 11 minutes off my time. My big goal for today was to go under 1:10 and I nailed that. The only goal I didn't hit today was top 10 in my age group (I was 13), and there's only so much I can do to control that. My time would have gotten my top 10 last year, what can I say, it's a stronger field this year. I took a ton of time off my bike and run, a small amount of time off my swim, and my transitions were a wash. I'm feeling good about my general level of fitness right now and am looking forward to the rest of the season.