Littleton AppleMan Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Lotsa lotsa people on a VERY small course. There were a lot of newbies out there who were either freaked out from the get go or went out way too fast that caused some issues. Nothing against newbies of course, we were all newbies once.

Well, I still need to fix my stroke, etc., but my sighting and capacity for dealing with large numbers of people in the water is definitely improving.

Transitions weren't recorded, so I don't know the time. Seemed very slow, though. The biggest issue was the beginning bike UP the hill as I was trying to get my shoes in place.

Set my bike in a lower gear.

This just can't be right. Except for a few hills, I was typically over 20 mph and over 30 at some points. There is no way I had a faster average in my oly last week than this week in a sprint! All I drank on the bike was about 2 sips of Infinit, but I didn't really need anything else.

Well, I thought it went very well, despite the numbers. I passed a significant number of people.

Again, no time data...

Overall, the run was good. A portion of the run, however, was on a trail through the woods that included two very vertical hills. Everybody was walking them, but I kept on chugging (old muscle memory from running 5ks during cross country in high school- you NEVER walk!) Didn't drink at all from the water stations, which I thought worked fine (didn't need it.)

I did have a lot of kick at the end, so I bet I could have run sub-8s if I pushed harder.

Training for a longer distance race instead of doing speedwork.


Fun race, but I am definitely not a sprint girl. Bring me my half ironmans!