Whaling City Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Still suck at swimming... This could've been my worst swim ever in a tri (which says a lot!). Never got really comfortable and felt painfully slow (which I am)

Learn to swim or stick with duathlons?!

Took some extra time in T1 to collect myself after the bad swim. Wet suit got stuck and I really struggled to get out

Thinking it might be time to either get a new wet suit (this one gets stuck), or try to cut legs

Couldn't get in a good rhythm for the first loop... had to deal with lots of slower riders as well (which is of course the end result of being a non-swimmer and painfully slow out of the water). Not my best bike performance (over 1 min. slower than 2011's Whaling City)

Although I had a good transition, I did do a few things that was out of norm...

Have a bottle of Nuun available so I don't have two try to drink from the bike bottle... By the time the run started, it was getting very humid, so liquid was necessary.

Running is usually my strength, but I felt horrible during the entire run! (actually not exactly... the first 1/2 mile was ok). Couldn't stay cool, couldn't get into a rhythm and my posture was horrible. I kind of expected a slowish run (had a stress fracture in my leg that pretty much stopped all training for the entire winter and then has hampered my run ever since).

Simply need to get back into running.

Felt pretty bad when I finished... Totally overheated, but nothing that a wet towel and a handful of ice in the tri suit couldn't remedy.


I'm simply out of shape.


Sun Multisport puts on a great race! Fantastic organization, well run, really, really good volunteers. This is why I keep coming back to this race! We live and train in fairly hilly terrain, so flat courses like this is not to my advantage... Highly recommended event though!