Tri-ing for Children's Triathlon - Sprint Course - TriathlonSprint

Good swim considering the lack of swim training in the last 3 years

Train

Had some trouble getting into shoes on the bike, but again, have not practiced in a long time.

I decided that I just wanted to go as hard as I could on this to see where I was at compared to the last time I raced this before IM. Did pretty well based on training.

Not much, maybe slow down a little.

This is where it started to fall apart. About 4 steps into my run out of transition my left hamstring cramped more than I have ever felt before. I could not even walk without it happening. Once I thought I had that figured out and taken care of the right out locked up. Took me forever to get out.

Not work 13 hours on my feet the night before.

The cramps continued until I was able to get Gatorade at the first aid station. I sat down about .5 miles in to stretch. First mile was 8:39 and then the following 2 were 7:26 and 7:25. I know I could have cut close to two minutes total off of this run without the cramps and fear of cramps later in the run.

Same as T-1

Working until 2am and only getting 2 hours of sleep. I had some cramping while working, and outside wedding that required a lot of walking and lifting.


I love this race which is why it is the one I am doing this year. I have know what I can do here and really think I would have been in contention for the AG win without the long night before the race even with the lack of training. The AG winner was only 3 minutes or so ahead of me and most of that I could have cut in T-2 and the run. My running has been good as of late so I know I missed out on my best. Still, as I had in my head going in, go as hard as I could and see what happens.