SheROX Philadelphia Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was doing great for the first couple 100 meters, keeping my head done, and sighting well, until I lost my nose plugs :-( At which point my standard "head-above-water" method of swimming took over, and I breathed in more then I would have liked. Still, I kept a mostly steady pace for the remainder of the swim, all overhand stroke (with no breaks). My toe was hurting a bit towards the end as well.

Get better nose plugs!

Good transition. No issues here.

Nothing.

I probably went too easy on the bike section. I was worried about my toe, and it was my first time racing on the new bike. Going up hill wasn't as bad as I remembered it being last year, and going down hill MORE then made up for the effort to get up there to begin with! I FLEW down those hills. Absolutely awesome feeling.

I need to remember to push myself more during the bike. I'm always so worried that I won;t be able to handle the run, that I don't put enough effort in here. I need to work on that. I'm a bit disappointed with myself for this one.

Once again, no issues here.

I forgot to take off my biking gloves, but they actually came in handy for wiping sweat out of my eyes during the run! So I might use them again in the future :-)

I decided that since I had NO idea what my time was looking like, that I would content myself by not walking at all during the run, and I succeeded! I was going quite slow for the first 2 miles as a result, however. it seems that my next wind always comes after the two mile marker, at which point my pace picks up tremendously. Which kind of sucks, since by then the slower pace has already done it's damage. My toe was throbbing by this point though, and my right ankle was joining in on the fun.

Again with the not pushing myself hard enough initially. Although, that was actually intentional on the run. Stupid toe.

Just some walking, water, and a massage.


Lack of watch, not-yet-fully-healed broken toe, and my own insecurities.


There seemed to be less volunteers on the bike course this year, which was a pity, as I enjoyed them a lot last year. They made up for it by providing cool-wet-washcloths for our face and necks DURING the run! That was totally awesome :-D