Old Colony YMCA Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

My first OWS in a racing capacity. My goal was really just to take it easy, not freak out, and make it through the swim without being drowned. I accomplished all of the above. The worst part was when the wave behind us (most of the non-elite males and clydesdales) literally swam OVER me. Don't worry, I kicked back. ;)

I have a lot of work to do on my swim stroke itself and sighting, but given the current level of my swim, I didn't this this was half bad.

Managed to run to transition and remove cap/goggles and get my top half off by the time I hit the rack my bike was on.

Get my suit off my heels better. Not have to run AROUND the rack to get my helmet that had fallen off my handlebars.

From the first mile, my legs were already aching, due to workouts the previous days. Despite this, every lap got better and better. I played cat-and-mouse with a 20 year old for most of the bike. She ended up right in front of me at the end of the bike, but I beat her out of T2 and never saw her again.

If I really wanted to race this? Taper. Not hammer on the bike on the days leading up to the race. I also failed with the nutrition- I only took in one Gu and about 1/4 of the sports drink I wanted to take in. My splash guard came out of my aero bottle when I went over one of the speedbumps on the intital path out of transition, so water splashed on me every time I went over a bump or pothole. Therefore I don't really know how much water I drank.

To get to the transition area off of the bike, we had to run over this wooded area with wood chips under foot. At this point, my legs weren't holding up so well, so I almost rolled my ankles mutiples times trying to get across the wood chips to transition.

The actual transition was good, I would just try not to hobble so much on my way there.

I actually drank the right amount on a run and my stomach tolerated it- breakthrough! I think I could have pushed the pace a bit from the beginning of the run, but didn't know what my body was capable of running in a triathlon.

Um...run faster?

Walked around with Jorge. Ate ice cream. You know, the usual.


1. scromboid posioning
2. lack of experience
3. lack of taper


Can I do this again tomorrow? ;)