Kinetic Sprint, Race #4 - TriathlonSprint

Never got into a groove with my stroke and breathing. Maybe it was the chop created by other swimmers, but my heart rate never settled. This was my first OWS so I am blaming it on that. Plus, the water was frign COLD.

Go to the outside and start slower. Practice swimming in the Potomac; yuck!

Damn, no one told me there was going to be an off-road section getting to the mount / dismount line. I ran in my bike shoes, which was a little funky.

Settle down and not rush.

First time on the course so I pushed it in all the wrong places of course :) I should have known that those long descents had to be followed by some uphill. I can't complain because my goal was to average 18 mph. The police did an excellent job stopping traffic for everyone. There was one hill that I managed a meager 11 mph up in my granny gear. YUCK! As in the swim, I didn't expect my HR to be as high as it was for the entire ride. It was a decent ride; only two major turns on the course, and the last one was a little hairy considering the speed that I had when entering the turn. I managed to suck a gel down around mile 10 or 12.


Practice hills more! Need to find some first.

Good transition. More off-roading in the bike shoes = scary

Nothing.

Hot, hot, hot! I didn't feel my legs until mile 2. Definitely didn't meet my 25 min goal. No excuses here. It just sucked, and I didn't push it as hard as I could have. I came home and cut the grass for God's sake. I need to learn to run through the pain and kick ass. That first hill kicked mine instead.

More bike/run bricks. Find some hills.

Walked around, a little stretching, pack up.


No experience in OWS and not enough bricks.


I appreciated all the "War Eagles!"