Sylvan Beach Triathlon - TriathlonShort Course

Took the first half of this REAL slow after the Kemah freak out. The whole goal was to keep the HR low and stay calm. Picked up the pace around the half way mark.

For this race, nothing. I needed to have a calm swim.

Got to T1 and there was a chick sitting on all my stuff. I asked her to move and she moved about an inch, had to ask her again with more enthusiasm. Ran with bike holding saddle.
Mounted but my right shoe slipped and of course I started falling to the left (already clipped in) but I saved it. Not pretty.
Nice to see Belinda & Dave Shaw at the mount line.

Clip in and stay in control at the same time.

HUGE PR for me! Could not be happier with this ride. First time I came back happy and could have ridden further. This was FUN! Told Ken I thought I had 18.5.

Clip in.

Went to the wrong rack and lost control of my bike running like a doofus.

Know where my rack is.

Pretty good run for me at this distance.
Paused to get sprayed on my way out which was very nice.
Told the guy to spray my back on my way to finish and he sprayed too much, I was soaked and squishing with heavy shoes. Got a couple of blisters but nothing horrible.
Seeing John Blackwell for the kick the last .25 was nice then I started hearing my girls ~ awesome!

Tell the guy to spray me just a little :)

Wanted to wait for Jackie at the finish, great seeing her kick it in!


I am getting just a little bit faster. Good to know I can go hard on the bike and still go sub 12 but need to stay focused on that run.


Great race I will definitely do again!
Unfortunately, the Athena's and Clydes are the red headed step children and although we were to receive hardware they didn't have it there. They had all A/G hardware but nothing for Athena's and Clyde's it was somehow forgotten.
This is my last year as an Athena and the only race my Mom will likely ever be at so it would have been nice for her to see me get hardware.
Only 2 Athena's, wish there were more.