R & R Bicycle Tucson Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

825 yards in the Hillendbrand pool. The black line at the bottom of the pool was a lot different from the Rec Center pool where I swim a majority of the time. I adjusted easily and felt strong during this short distance. I was out of the water a good 50 seconds sooner than expected.

Not much...I always need to train more, but that goes for all three disciplines.

Both transitions are wrapped into the overall bike time. The swim to bike transition was fast though...right around a minute. I had a great spot in the transition area and took full advantage of it.

Nothing.

I felt strong on the bike. My team has been warning me about training too heavily the week of the race (we went on a 50 mile ride the day before the race). But I didn't feel any ill effects on the bike. Only got passed by 3 people and two of them were in my age group, which can be a mental challenge. Hyderated well, ate some salt tablets and drank whenever I felt weak...I really want my bike leg to be strong this season.

Not much.

Again the transition is rolled into the bike leg. My second transition did not go as smoothly as my first. I couldn't get my running shoes on smoothly and I dropped my goo near the water station on the way out of the transition, of course I had to leave it behind or loose vital time on the run.

Put my goo in the legging of my race shorts instead of my hat...I dropped the goo as I carried my hat and number of the transition.

I had set a goal of 1:05 for my overal race finish, so I knew after a half mile I couldn't reach that goal, so I took a step back mentally. I really missed that goo during my first mile. During a sprint distance like this I need that extra oomph to get me over the intial pain and then I hammer. I started to feel the ill effects of overtraining this week. I was disappointed in my run and it fucked my mental edge the final mile of the race.

Stop glancing at my watch to figure out my run splits, I just need to race my race and push myself to the limit...that didn't happen on the run this race.

Picked up my comp race t-shirt, hung out with some friends, ate bagels and took some photos with The Team.


Looking at my watch, not having the goo on the run and worrying too much about my goal of 1:05. I still set a PR by eight seconds but that's not going to help me when I know I could have run faster.


This is a pool swim so there isn't the ambience of a true triathlon with the open water swim, but what do you expect for Tucson...open water is a rare occurance down here in the desert. I still set a PR but I plan on reaching that 1:05 goal with the two other races in this series.