Westchester Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Fastest female split overall. 10th including all pros.
Swim start was OK, but then got into a good rhythm. Because the waves ahead were only 3 min apart I ran into a lot of people and had to swim over them (sorry if that was you :(). Would have loved to have swum with the pros and see what time I could have done without having to go round waves of people and be able to draft off of someone-guess I'll have to get faster at the other two segments in order to do that!
Swim was obviously short -just my luck...I couldn't believe it when I was swimming into shore.

Start could have been a little more aggressive.

Pretty good T1 (23rd fastest split overall). Was able to get cap and goggle in sleeve of wetsuit as I took it off on the way up to transition which I had never done before -works well. Also was able to get wetsuit off quickly. Still can't hop on the bike, but it does not seem to be slowing me down too much.

not much

I felt kinda off on the bike. I just was not pushing hard enough -I should have gone faster and tried harder up hills. However, one of my main goals was just finishing this race since I passed out last year so was mainly out there to have fun and conquer my demons...and wanted to save something for the run. Was careful to drink often and finished my bottle by the end of the ride. Also had a gu 20 min into ride and after 1 hour on bike.

Try harder

So the finish came up a little quickly and I did not have time to take off my shoes before dismount. So, had to get off the bike with shoes the old fashioned way. Surprised my time was as good as it was considering.

Take more careful notice of landmarks coming up to the finish.

OK -I can't be too hard on myself because at least I finished this year and my split is 8 min faster than my previous PB in a race (sad-I know).
So, didn't have time to pee right before the swim start so kinda had to go to the bathroom the whole race. Was making sure to drink plenty since I did not want a repeat of last year. Started off at a good sub 8 min pace for the first 2 mile -then decided I really needed to go. Held it till about mile 4 (dropped down to about 8:30 pace)and had to stop and pee behind a bush (at least I know I'm hydrated!). Had a gu and kept running -at about mile 5 started having asthma up a gradual hill. Decided to walk -though saw the chance of a sub 2:30 slipping by. Walked for a few min and took inhaler-ran the downhill. Walked a little more (about 1/2 mile fast walking total) then ran the last 1/2 mile till the finish. This was really mentally tough for me because I could see the exact location where I passed out last year and was struggling from lack of O2 from asthma. My Dad ran up the hill cheering for me where I passed out -this helped distract me from thinking about the past to instead thinking about how silly my 62 YO dad looked.

Finished -felt totally dizzy no volunteers there to point out direction to med tent -friend Nick spotted me and walked me to Med tent as parents found me. Med tent remembered me from last year -great. Got O2. Felt better after being able to breath again. Drank and ate a little, then felt fine. hung out with friends and cheered on those who had placed.


Mental


Very happy to see that there was Gatorade Endurance on run course instead of last year's Smart Water!
Nice touch to hand out re-usable water bottles to participants as they finished.