Hansgrohe Acworth Women's Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I absolutely hated this swim. This is by far the worst swim ever! First of all, I got kicked in the face on three separate occasions. Once, my goggles were kicked off and I had to float on my back to fix it. I guess I got caught in a really bad spot b/c I was struggling to find a decent space to swim pretty much the entire time. It was all arms and legs for a while. By the time I had a little space to myself, the swim was over. Never got in the rhythm and it was too short.

Go out faster and not get caught in the crowd. Don't do a 400 yard swim.

I would like to get faster and faster here. Didn't use gloves/socks for this sprint which was the right choice.

I really didn't expect a PR here since I haven't been riding much. I think I only had less than 50 miles on the bike in June/July combined. For that reason, I knew I wasn't going to do too well here. I didn't push it too hard but I stayed in a comfortable pace. Some of the hills were definitely challenging to ride.

Only way to improve the time is to ride more. I need to do more hill training if I don't want to suffer!

Again, I'd like to learn to cut more time.

When I first started running, it took a litter longer than usual to find my pace. After about a mile, I tried to pick up the pace and stayed in it as long as possible. I didn't feel particularly strong or weak. I thought that I ran a faster 5 K under 30 minutes since I recorded around 27 minutes on my watch but the official result indicates otherwise.

Had some water and cooled down. Got a complimentary massage.


Well, this race was more of a check point for me. Since I didn't really get to train in June/July, I don't know what I was expecting.


Overall, I had fun doing this race. I think it was well organized and I enjoyed racing with many people from NAMC and TNT. Since it was a sprint, I was able to race decently, but I think if it had been a longer tri, I would have suffered.