Shelbyville Triathlon Series Race #4 - TriathlonSprint

Really happy with my swim time of 7:06. I'm a little surprised, because I never beat 7:20 when I do time trials on my own at practice. Started out decent and had a little trouble around the halfway point when we encountered a slow swimmer. SInce there were people coming back down the lane, I had to wait for the right opportunity to pass. Finally got by and caught up to hubby, drafting him and driving him nuts by touching his feet the last 200, haha.

A clean trip would have definitely led to a sub-7. But still, extremely satisfied with this swim since I am really a lousy swimmer.

Slow transition, especially considering my shoes are pre-clipped. Struggled a little with my watch, glasses and helmet.

Forgot to take swim cap off during run to transition.

Had a good bike and would have had a GREAT bike if I hadn't missed a turn. I thought the sheriff was waving at me to turn right but he was waving at the cars. Oops. Figured it out only about 50 yards down the road, but then got caught up in a little traffic. Probably only lost a minute. Otherwise, the ride went really well and I noticed a much higher cadence with the compact crank. Points for the new Ridley!

Know the course! Still happy with the fastest bike split of women by about 4 minutes.

Got feet out of shoes before t-2 but I still don't have the balls to do the flying dismount. I let the bike completely stop before dismounting but it still saves time. Learning the flying dismount might have to be my next goal.

Happy with my run. It took about 2 miles to get comfortable but still had probably my strongest run ever in a tri. Hit my best stride late and probably could have maintained pace for another mile or two.

My legs were pretty heavy starting out and I think I overdid it early this week with the time trial, hard spin class, tempo run and bricks. An easier week would have probably helped things even more.

Mile jog on the grass.


Hard training week and missing a turn and pool traffic.


Love the series. Excited to have knocked 4 1/2 minutes off last year's time and won by almost 6 minutes. That really motivates me to keep on training and tri-ing!