Giant Acorn - TriathlonSprint

Being in the first women's wave I was hoping that I would be out of the water before the men came through, but after most of the 30-39 women passed me and I started to see the guys coming up I had a mild freak out during the last 200. I had psyched myself out to be swimming with guys - they're so much bigger and faster - that I just had to keep breast stroking for the last bit.

Maybe a wetsuit, some folks had them, but it felt too warm for it. Maybe I could have been more buoyant.

I didn't tie the shoes tightly enough and took a little time to have to retie them, but everything else felt smooth. I felt like I used the entire time to get out of my funk from the swim.

This was the purple tank's final swan song. I also hadn't been on a bike in a month (oops) since th last tri so my gearing was a little off and the brakes were very unhappy. Also the screw holing in my right cage popped off so I couldn't pull up on that side. That bike is going to the graveyard. Also the final hill into the marina was a little bumpy and having bad brakes didn't help too much with that.

Have a better bike! And actually train :-P

Guess the next one will be with bike shoes and transitioning into running shoes. Hopefully that won't be too hard.

I love the run. I kept my breath regular and took water to wash the salt off my face.

I'm fairly happy with my run. I'd like to get the other two legs faster to match up with the run! The fact that I'm running 8:41s when I normally run 9:45-10 min/miles during marathon training makes me very happy.

Walking around, some stretching and then a wine festival :-)


nerves for the swim and slacking on my biking training


The post-race food was awesome, though a medal would have been fun too. It would have been nice to have a few more kayakers out in the water to keep us in line.