Triathlon by the Sea - TriathlonSprint

Ok swim. My arms were a little tired.

I don't normally swim in my tri shorts. Or if I do, they're under my wetsuit. So I guess I didn't pull them tight enough. On my second push off the wall, my shorts almost came right off! I had to slow down and pull them up. I took the rest of the swim a little slower than I could have since I didn't want to have to finish the swim naked. ha!

I wasn't mentally prepared enough for the first triathlon of the year. I hit T1 and hadn't yet really thought about what I was needed to do. Was definitely slower here than I should've been. Dropped a few things while rushing to put them on. Joanne was there telling me my transitions need some work (LOL!)

Practice things a few times beforehand and come to the race mentally ready to go!

I pushed pretty hard, but didn't feel like it was up to my potential. I think I actually averaged around 20.5, which is slow for me in a short race. But still an ok performance that I'm happy with.

Transition times lumped in with the bike split.

Train the bike more consistently beforehand.

Better than T1. The run up the hill in cleats sucked!

Put my Yankz on the new shoes.

Best run ever! This was a HUGE improvement for me. I felt great off the bike and went out at a 7:00 pace, which seemed way too fast so I backed off a little. But when I hit the road, I saw someone about 100 feet in front of me and it was frickin on. For the first time in a tri, I really felt like I could pick some people off on the run. I slowly caught up to this guy and passed him on the first big uphill. It felt awesome. Then it was a few more. And I went from last years 93rd overall on the run to 38th this year. A big step forward.

I didn't drink anything on the course. Just threw some water on myself at the Mile 2 station to cool down.

Push harder down the homestretch!

Bagels, bananas and water.


Sketchy training over the last month and not being mentally prepared to race.


Another great year for the Tri by the Sea! They did a good job altering the course with the unfortunate construction going on.