Pink Power Triathlon - TriathlonMini Sprint

Pool swims kinda depend on who is around you... I and those behind me passed someone in the second lane, then it opened up. Then the woman behind me was halfway past me, so I let her pass at the wall. Then she was suddenly slower than me, especially at the turns. So then I tried to pass her (which is really hard) and collided with someone. She let me go at the next wall. Then a couple more ppl passed me. I worked really hard, but lost a lot of time at the turns due to other people. The time includes getting in the pool, getting out of the pool, and running the length of the transition. I don't know what my in-pool time was, but I think it was under 8:00... maybe. (I failed to look at my watch, or get my splits right for the whole race.)

If I had known, I wouldn't have let the first person pass. Also, I wish I had looked at my watch when I got out. But I think I did pretty well overall.

Getting the shirt on was hard, but it was OK. I didn't lose too much time, and the tri shirt was the right choice - felt good the whole time.

Practice! Didn't do any swim/bike bricks this year!

I could see Tricia ahead of me. It took me a couple miles to catch up. I rode hard almost the whole way. I passed a couple athenas. I drank a lot, even though it was overcast. I was worried about cramping on the run. Bike is my strongest of the three! That's a change from when I started doing tri's.

Maybe take the turns a little faster, and drink less. But otherwise a good effort.

Took it a little slow, took my inhaler, worried about cramping. Decided to just go with the hair bandana since it was cloudy.

Take most direct route from rack to run out.

I started out worrying that I had drunk too much and wondering if I should stop at the port-o-potty. (But they are not in transition or on course!)

Started easy. Cramp on right started within first quarter mile. I started walking. Tricia passed me and said something encouraging. I started running again, still hurting. I decided I would do a 1 min walk/5 min run scheme so I would still run a fair amount. I set my watch. At the first walk break, I realized that walking wasn't helping the cramp and also that running (slowly) wasn't hurting it anymore. So I decided I would just run. And the cramp didn't go away, but it didn't get debilitating either. So I just ran the whole way with the cramp. I felt stronger and stronger! I noticed, apart from the cramp, I was feeling good: strong legs, strong lungs. (Of course, I wasn't running too fast.) I could see Tricia the whole way and thought maybe I could catch her. She was walking the uphills, and I thought she must be hurting (had a pulled muscle from earlier in the week). Turns out she was having trouble - if she was doing well, she would have smoked me. In any case, I couldn't catch her.

I should NOT have walked, even though I had the side cramp. Also, I had plenty left at the end. I should have sprinted the last quarter mile. I thought the finish line was farther away from the short trail through the woods. I should have LOOKED for the finish line when I was getting ready for the race. Duh.

Greeted our spectators, debriefed a little with Tricia and R. Hubby came up and handed me the baby who gave me a LONG hug. He's such a cuddle bug. I would have like to chill and eat and chat more, but I was worried about the baby (and uncomfortable). He hadn't eaten anything at all since 4:30 am! I tried hard to feed him, in lots of different places, but he was too distracted. Then it started raining. So we left.


Having a baby! Missing training due to vacations. But I have to say, I trained hard, and compared to where I was in February, or even April, I feel GREAT.


This is a great race for beginners! No open water (though pool swims have their disadvantages.) Course is not too hard, but does have small hills. No testosterone to get in the way on the course, and all-male volunteers make it fun. I don't know about post-race because we left due to rain, but no complaints.