St Anthony's Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Wow, my navigation was terrible. I couldn't swim a straight line! Really need to work on that.
heading to shore I kept going right with the chop/waves even when I made a huge effort to swim left, not because of pull or current, just mental.
The distance was no problem for me. (I probably added a quarter of mile zigzagging!)

practice navigating in choppy dark water. This was much more difficult to navigate for me than a gulf swim.

need tri specific bike shoes

I felt ok on the cobblestone and dealing with speed bumps.
I was so concerned about the run, that I rode this like a Sunday stroll. Bad idea because the run was going to be tough anyway.

I really should have picked up the pace. I just didn't really push at all.

I might start looking at tri bikes. I didn't see many road bikes. There must be something to that.

Had a hard time getting bike shoes off and running shoes on.

Not liking my running shoes with the quick ties. They seem to fit differently, may need some tweaking or try out tri specific running shoes.

At some point on the bike my stomach was cramping. It only got worse during the run. I was sooooo bloated at the end, my stomach popped out. I looked 3/4 months pregnant. It went back to normal in about 7 hours. Very painful.
I managed to jog the whole way other than walking the water stations.

I really need a lot of advice on nutrition both pre and during the race.
Stomach was a wreck, need to find out why.

Walked around looking for my husband, couldn't find him so got a massage. Nice!
Stretching


I loved the race. It is just what I needed. My goal was to learn how to do an Olympic and now I have a better idea of what I need to work on.
Not overly thrilled with my performance, but considering the lack of training the last few weeks, I'm happy I was able to finish and I wasn't last!
Also, need more stuff!!


beautiful venue, great course, well organized.