Naylor's Beach Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I started off strong, felt really good in the water, had to fight the current to get out to the first turn buoy (it took forever) lots of trouble staying on course, brest stroked way to much because I was having trouble staying on course with freestyle, rounded buoy and it was better, with current but into the chop, everytime I looked up to site I swallowed half the river, got down to the turn buoy going back to shore, I was still with a pretty good group of swimmers, started going back against the current and I just fell apart, I again was having trouble staying on course with freestyyle, reverted back to breast stroke, got very frustrated, felt like I was never going to get back to shore, started panicking a little bit, a jet ski guy came by and talked to me, I hung on to the jet ski for less than a minute, he convinced me to keep going; it's about as close as I have ever been to dropping out of a race, started swimming again following a silver (guy) and pink (gal) swim caps. Saw the pink cap in front of me stand up, so I did the same, looked over and saw it was Jen (artemis); we laughed and made our way the rest of the way to shore (walking was easier than swimming), made it to T1 and decided I was going to finish this race

not get so frustrated, if I had kept at it I probably wouldn't have had such a bad swim; I let the strong current get to me, my husband saw many swimmers get pushed way off course on that last leg of the swim, many ended up far down river from the finish and had to walk up

I wasn't exactly hustling through T1, should have been quicker since I didn't have to take off a wetsuit, but I was still trying to get it together

move faster, I think I did beat jen out of T1 :)

this was the most challenging ride I have ever done, I have never climbed hills like these, had to walk up on steep hill because I couldn't shift right, I actually had fun with this course, would have liked to push a bit harder

get out of the flatlands an train on more hills, I did preview the course so at least they didn't catch me by surprise, I was pleased with my effort, need more practice downshifting more quickly

I stopped before the dismount line due to poor instructions, didn't really hustle into T2, got my bike racked, my run stuff, remembered my cytomax bottle which I forgot in my last tri, off I went

I didn't exactly burn up the pavement here, just going at a comfortable pace, tried to thank all the volunteers and motivate all the racers left on the course, finally saw Jen again on the run coourse; she was hanging tough

push a little harder, I can go faster, I was lackign motivation to push myself too hard

crossed the line, my first Oly completed, found my hubby and dog, saw Jen cross the line, had some barbecue, packed up and left


the swim affected the rest of my race, I'm not sure hwy I let things get so out of control, I'm a fairly competent swimmer, I didn't expect that last part to be so hard, I'm glad I stuck with it and finished, the bike challenged me but I had fun, I had enough left in me to know I can make the half iron distance in October


This is a good race, but a tough course. I think it stays small because the swim is challenging and usually not wetsuit legal, I may come back next year and try it again