Five Mile Lake Co-Ed Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

There were only 4 of us in our wave - the last wave - so I was kind enough to bring up the lead. (heh) I felt like I did OK. The water wasn't bad once you got moving, even without a wetsuit.

mmm...train more?!?! yes, I think that would be helpful

Wasn't a real fast transition for me...I didn't really feel the need to rush too much.

Well...the night before I still hadn't had my outfit figured out. I thought I had...but I hadn't tried on one of the pieces - and it didn't fit. So after a few adjustments...finally got something together. For the swim & run it was fine. But for the bike...I ended up doing a change. I had tri shorts under a (gap) running skirt. The running skirt was bunching and I was sitting on the seams. Once I got that off and just wearing tri shorts - much better.
I was thinking I had an average speed in low 13's...but did not. (Had no computers on either of our bikes...)

Definitely train more..

Quick transition for me...no shoe change. Just add skirt. And take some water...

Surprised myself with how much I was "running". Ankle felt okay until the last mile or so...then I could tell it was getting worse. By the time we turned into the park (had about .1 mile left) it was hurting more than I wanted to.
I was hoping to get a 14ish min/mile pace - but I was a little slower than that.

Train more...(I sense a theme here...)

Me


Dave said he would do this race WITH me awhile back. I'm not sure he realized how pleasant that made the experience for me. I've had not so fun races before and this one was good.
We ended up doing the "retro" category. Which meant no wetsuits, no tri bike, no aero gear, etc. Its a category they have at a few of BuDu's events and a portion of the registration fees go to JDRF. It ended up being fun! We had our own cheering squad - they brought us towels to dry off with after the swim..it was fun! There were only 4 of us - so Dave & I tied for third place :-) And combined we won the spirit award and we won a growler of Mac & Jack's (mmm...good beer...)

About the race in general:
It was a great race. After working for BuDu I had yet to actually do an event. And it is a pretty well run machine. All the volunteers are nice and most of the participants cheer each other on - that is what I love about triathletes. The course wasn't too trying, but it was enough of a challenge.

Did I mention that I REALLY appreciated my husband hanging back and doing this with me?!?! :-)