Mission Bay - TriathlonSprint

I was nervous when we were standing on the boat ramp watching the elites go...but as soon as I got in the water I was excited. It was warm and I felt fast. I swam near to bouys by myself, and I think this led me to zig zag quite a bit. I got better at sighting during the last half. My best pace in the pool has been 2:48/100m, so I am really happy with this time.

swim behind someone, sight better.

T1 time is included in bike time. I think i moved pretty fast tho. Getting the wetsuit off was pretty easy.

Learn how to mount the bike with my shoes attached, running in bike shoes is slow!

I know I wasn't moving that slow. Since the transition times were included in the bike split, its hard to know what my pace was. Also, I don't think the bike was 15K, my computer clocked it around 10.5 miles. I was only passed by one girl in my age group, I loved passing people...so much fun.

Go harder, the bike was over too soon, and I think I could have improved my time by a couple minutes. I wish I had known where the last mile was.

I don't know any of the cool dismounting moves yet. Too clumsy to try on my own. I think I did pretty well tho. Time was included in bike split.

Learn to do a "flying dismount"...

Loved it! I started out with the goal of catching as many of my fellow age groupers as I could. I passed a girl right away that had passed me on the bike...that felt good. I did the first mile in 6:46. TOO FAST. Must have been the excitement, b/c I know my legs were not feeling that great off the bike. Slowed down over the next couple miles, but kept passing people. Noone in my age group passed me. yea!

I did a 5K around this time last year, and finished it in 24:37...feels good to be in better shape than I have been in years.

Go harder! I second-guessed myself on the last 1.1 miles. I needed to start my kick earlier.

Walked around, met up with my husband. Ate some food, drove back to santa barbara.


Great race, just wish they had more mile markers.