Alligator's Creek Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

It was a fine swim for me, no one passed me and I passed the girl in front of me. I later learned that she won my age group. So, she sure wasn't worried about me!! So once again...big whoop, lot of good it does a fast swimmer in a triahlon!

Kinda long transition, but I was not hurrying. Another goal was to hit my watch and bike computer at every transition.

Towel off a bit--my socks were wet and sticky.

I was very cautious on this bike. I knew it was hilly, and I know my tendency to go hard on the bike, but I kept thinking about that hellish hilly suburb-from-hell run route. I caught the second train and sat for 1:45! I listed the adjusted time on my training log but I better suck up and take the official time. I heard an official describe it as "same as if you got a flat".Ok. whatever! It was great to see Brandon out there, a friendly face!

Well, in this case I would say run more, so I would feel more comfortable going harder on the bike!

I was pretty proud of myself on making this run. I felt fine getting off the bike, went at my own pace and focused on mental attitude. I ran up every hill until the 2 mile mark water station, walked a bit after the cup of water, but no more than 30 sec. I just focused on the ground ahead of me and didn't think about the top. The downhill at the end was great, as well as hearing getsome and his lady cheering me on!

Well, that's easy. Run more, run more hills, and lose 20 pounds. HA!

Walked around and met other BTers KTriathlete, talked to Chris, getsome and lady. Sorry I missed the other MO BTers!


Training, but I am proud of the effort and my attitude. This felt so much better than South County, when I had to walk and coudln't get my heartrate down. I guess the more you race, the more you learn.


I really liked this race. It wa challenging, the volunteers were nice, nice shirt, and a nice free little meal to go with the awards. I KNOW I will win a bike raffle one of these days!