Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Course - Triathlon

my goggles fogged up bad so I had to stop at a lifeguard stand to defog, started swimming and then they started leaking so back to the stand adjusted and all went well, they had much younger groups of men starting after ours and I got ran over by some of them but was able to swim thru it and not panic

Probably not wear a wet suit or maybe sleeveless I was feeling like my arms didn't want to go never had this before

I haven't figured out the jump on bike with my shoes clipped to my bike so until then......

Move a little quicker out of the swim otherwise felt ok

The first loop felt really good I felt like I was cursing. Then....extremely tight hamstrings and glutes

Not get a bike fit 3 days before a race although My bike felt awesome from my fit, but during my fit was told I had only been using my quads for riding, now I would be using my power, glutes and hams, well I discover that alright I just pushed thru it and hoped I would be able to run

As I said my glutes/ hams were in one big knot I was finding it hard to bend over to get my shoes and socks on, I had a few energy blocks, some water and started walking. Got to the exit and ran a bit had to make a stop at the porta potty :) and I was off

I also need to learn how to drink while Iam riding maybe I need to get one of those drink bottle that goes between the aero bars

I managed to push thru the tightness stopped at a water station and they total tightened up was a bit hard to get going after that but I made it 5 miles and then walked about a 1/2 mile then ran to the finish

Keep telling myself I am ok so I wouldn't of walked

Walked to transition then to the car and stretched as much as I could


I didn't wear my HR monitor as I get too worried about where it is at, my cadence wasn't working on my bike, the foggy goggles and my glutes and hamstrings


Dispite my issues, I had a good day, my times are starting to come down and I am learning at about what I need to work on to get better.