General Smallwood International - Triathlon

We swam in the Potomac River. It was pretty gross. There was some long sea grass that my arms would get tangled in. I am pretty pleased with my swim time though. I think i just wanted out of the water..so i swam fast.

There was a long run from the water to T1

Ugh, this is where things started going down hill (or up hill rather..as there seemed to be a lot of those, which I was not prepared for). I just couldn't get myself moving. I felt heavy and slow, and couldn't get into the groove. My stomach also started to act up, gurgling and calling me names. I'm pretty good at attacking hills, but I just couldn't do it today. It was frustrating.

Get in some more hill work outs.

My husband came running over to the side of the transition area and yelled "are you ok?" to me. I said "yeah I guess". Later he told me that I looked pretty sick when I came in on the bike.

Behold! the slowest 10K i have ever run, ever in my 17 years of running.

I was doing well until mile 3 and my stomach just rebelled. I walked/jogged back the rest of the run, hobbled over.

it sucked

I don't know...i thought I had the whole salt/nutrition thing worked out. Maybe that played a part? Maybe i was just having a crap day?

Stood under the misting tent, drank some water.


I am not sure what my issue was with this race. I think it was a combo of things. 1) Going into the race I was worried that I was under prepared. I reassured myself i'd be fine, because my first triathlon ever was an Olympic distance, and all I did was run train for that. 2)There were hills (i guess this falls under #1). I haven't been spending as much time cycling on hills as I have in the past. 3) I hadn't been feeling well all week. Sluggish and achey. 4)It was dang hot out.


Despite my crap day, I liked this race. The course was quite challenging...a lot hillier than I'd anticipated. The post race festivities were some of the best I've seen in a while. BBQ, and Kool Aid - reminded me of family picnics when I was a kid.