Anthem Holiday Classic Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I seeded myself with the 8:30 swimmers, which is what I know I am easily capable of doing without exerting too much energy. As soon as they started you could see people did not seed themselves appropriatly. With only a few people in the water there were already a few jams. When I got in it was fine. I passed 4-5 people in my first go round, and no one passed me. I jumped out and ran to the start, and right away I was blocked in by 2 ladies. I had to fight traffic the rest of the 200M. There was a lady trying to be nice holding up the lane line for people to go under, which is nice and all, but it is a race and too many people were standing around causing jams. Way better than my last tri where people were grabbing and kicking, etc. Overall it wasn't too bad, not what I am capable of, but way better than the Thanksgiving tri.

I think I will join a masters swimming class. I also think I will seed myself a bit higher next time.

This was an estimate based on what my boyfriend timed my transition at. In reality this time is included in the bike time. Everything was going quick, but when I went to put on my cycling shoes the strap got caught in the buckle. I really struggled with it and it wasted a ton of time.

Practice more with my shoes? I practiced with them a lot, this was kind of a freak incident. Also, next season I plan on having my shoes on the bike already. This would not solve the strap issue, but it will help in other areas.

I measured the course 2 times before the race and it was long. I measured it with my GPS and got 13.3 miles and with my bike and got 13.1. I am anal about courses being what they are stated to be so I can set an accurate goal time.

I've been training hills and it semi paid off here. I couldn't get my head into it. I was overly concerned about the run (my worst part) and ended up not exerting myself enough. I think I could have cut off another 3-4 minutes if I wasn't so cautious. The hills were not too bad. The own hill part I flew in aero at 29mph. I need to not hold back on the hills. I was too concerned about killing my legs. I passed a lot of people and I was passed by 3 women total. It was the 1st and 2nd place girl, the other was not in my age group.

Push harder!

Went okay. I almost fell getting off my bike, then almost tipped my bike over. It was a mess. I was very rehersed and I have never had so many transition issues before.

Practice practice practice.

This was long too. I measured 3.4 miles with my gps and 3.3 with my bike.

I knew this would be bad before I started. Running is not good for me. I recently ran a 5k at a 9:10 pace and I had a cold so I was hoping get in 9:30 a mile here. I failed miserably. I actually felt great off the bike (too great) and I knew that the last 1.5ish miles would be a hill, so I just ran casually on the downhill. I didn't realize how casually until I finished and saw my time! The uphill I didn't push too much harder, I just kept my steady pace and when I finished I was tired but I felt like I could run more...not a good sign. Overall my running holds me back. I can run 1 mile in 8:00 and then it just goes down from there.

Push harder, and do more tempo runs.

I wasn't too tired. I walked around, drank some water and cleaned up my spot. I knew I didn't place. I should have entered the Athena divition. I would have been 2nd! I think people are surprised by me sometimes. I am not skinny but I can compete and a couple girls (skinny athletic looking things) came up to me after and said they were surprised when I flew by them on the bike. I'll take it as a compliment. Once I fix my run I'll be in good shape.


Me!


I'd love to do this race again. I would want to cut about 20 minutes off my time by next year. Which I think I can do. I somehow did not push myself hard enough and I don't know why. I need to work on pacing a bit more.