Lehigh Valley Steelman Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

To go from dead last at my first OWS clinic 3 months ago to passing people in the wave in front of me; and by the last turn, passing people from the wave in front of that -- very exciting!

I was calm at the start. I really enjoyed this swim. Only got kicked once and bumped a few times. This time I was in the mix, so it was to be expected. I swam into a few people because they would change their speed; but I did that a few times too. Found myself breathing on the left side mainly the first half because there were so many people around me. If I did bilateral breathing, I was getting splashed alot and water in my mouth as I was trying to breath. It worked better to protect one side (stay far enough to the side of people) and breath on that side. By the last turn, I switched to the right side. You pull a lot to get your head out of the water when its choppy, so my arm was getting tired.


Nada. Keep practicing. Maybe get coaching next year. Keep building speed and bigger distances.

I came out of the water out of breath. As I put my shoes on, I worried about catching my breath before hitting the hill out of T1. By the time I got on my bike and started pedaling, I realized my heart rate had already recovered. Another good sign of fitness improvement!

Nada.

I pushed it a bit more than my first race. With the hills, I knew it would hurt to get off the bike and run -- so I tried not to go too crazy and burn out my legs.

Train more for speed. I started doing that a few weeks before this race -- I would just do more of that.

Try harder to make this transition as quick as the first.

Uh. This is the part that needs the most work. It felt like 10 miles!

Next season will include some run coaching. Carry some HEED with me.

Walked around talking to people; enjoying the beautiful park!

I helped my brother and our friend J get ready for this, their first race, and by the end, I felt like a triathlete. Wow.


This was the race of my dreams! It all turned out as I had hoped for me and my brother. Goals: Pass a few people in the swim; Pass a few people on the hills on the bike. Both accomplished. A bonus goal was to try to make it under 2 hours and I did. Very pleased!

Oh, I almost forgot to mention that the awesome event organizer PERSONALLY put an ice-water soaked towel around my neck at the finish! (I wondered if I looked THAT pathetic that he felt the need to help me himself...hmmm? ;-)