Soak Up the Sun Triathlon - TriathlonMini Sprint

First open water of the season, and I was apparently happy to be out of the pool. The swim went VERY well. Great breathing, barely had to sight, felt fast.

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There was a pretty long run over sand and grass into T1. Then the lead out to the mount was pretty long and uphill in the grass. While actualy at the rack, I was very quick with this transition.

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Tougher than I expected. A tailwind tricked me at the beginning, which let to punishment after the first turn around. The second turn around was ridiculous. Right at the bottom of a long steep hill. So, not only could you not benefit from hammering down it, but you also had to make the turn and just start climbing from basically a stand still.

Pay attention to the wind. I thought I was feeling GREAT. I really just had a wind at my back. Overall, though, it was still a good leg.

Did not have a good feeling leaving T2. Then again, I never do. I'm still intimidated by the impending run. GET OVER IT!

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Ugh. The reason sprints are so hard for me is the run. Right about the time my legs loosen up, it's time to push. Heck, it's time to push when you start a sprint run leg. Mine just don't "click" for a while. I sucked it up the best I could, and hey, I did an 11:00 pace in this thing last year.

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Almost puked. Grabbed a bottle of water and walked around aimlessly.


I'm not a fast runner. Otherwise, it was good.


Just a small tri, sort of like a community event. They did increase the participants by about 50 from last year, which is nice. Even on a two mile run, there was a stretch of NOTHING. No people, no houses, no buildings, no trees. That actually made me run faster, just to get back around people.

Had a good day. I actually didn't hit my time goal, but by design it was seriously agressive. In the process of actually trying to do something that seemed out of reach, I ended up with some hardware and pretty good day.