Cinco Ranch Triathlon - Triathlon

I kept stopping when I bumped into people's feet. It was almost impossible to get around them - it was like a wall in front of me. I was scared I would be kicked in the face. The lake was also sort of gross - there was some sort of weedy moss I kept getting tangled around my arms... I tried not to think about it and kept tearing it off.

Start a little further out front because I got caught in the back.

I tried to cut some time off transition by leaving my shoes clipped in, but I'm not used to riding without socks so I put socks on and had to run through water (on the ground from the swim leg) to get out of transition. This left my socks soggy and they started rubbing during the run. In my excitement, when I got on the bike I didn't keep my free foot on top of the shoe as I tried to put the other foot in its shoe so that shoe kept hitting the road. I looked stupid, but I did figure it out eventually.

Spend more time practicing jumping on the bike.

I passed a lot of people here - this is definitely my strong sport. If I can get my speed just a little faster...

Practice more hills and sprinting, I could have been faster.

Almost missed the run exit - I heard "left" and thought they were telling me to move to the left. A volunteer jumped in front of me and waved me in the right direction. I don't know what I was thinking.

I took a cup of water and proceeded to choke on it, haha. Just one more goof on my part.

Pay attention?

I'm training for a marathon so I've been doing mostly slow runs and my time shows that. Still, I felt pretty strong.

Eat the gel I planned on eating

Walking around the tents


Lack of experience swimming with others


The 20 min walk to/from the race wasn't fun and the transition area wasn't secured. Otherwise it was a fun race.