Smith Mountain Lake Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

It was really crowded! Our wave was LAST - women 35 and up and relays. That sucked. Water was cold but I just relaxed, didn't really swim all that hard & concentrated on my form. Except for the masses it was a nice swim.

Not have the last and largest wave? Nothing really, it was a nice swim.

Was I sleeping? My suit got really stuck, almost had to sit down with it.

Not sure w/ the new suit how to get it off better, I used tons of body glide. I refuse to ruin a good suit w/ PAM!

Well this was a huge mess. Starting in the back also meant riding through hundreds of slow, don't know how to change gears without swirving in to me annoying people! Seriously, at times there we were having to pass 4 bikes abreast. And then there was the car & trucks towing boats on the road. I refused to be a rule breaker and pass the cars on the LEFT like everybody else. I know it was a offciating nightmare but that was just horrible. I estimate that I lost a good couple of minuites stuck behind cars. Good thing I wasn't worried about time & and at that point just started cheering for others. Can't let traffic ruin a perfectly good race!

CLOSE THE COURSE TO CAR & BOAT TRAFFIC!!

I did stop and take a swig of water here, I didn't bother w/ my aerobottle b/c of the short bike but I was thirsty!!

Nothing

Wow, what can I say here! I could feel the mono here- just couldn't keep the pace. I did what I could, talked to some very nice ladies then sprinted it into the finish.

I feel like I could have swam faster, could have biked much faster but honestly this is as fast as I could have run on this day. Kind of a bummer but hey, I guess something had to give with 2.5 months of mono!

Helped tear down (we tear down after the race & race for free) then hung out at the tri club picnic. It was fantasic.


2.5 months of mono, starting at the back of the pack & traffic - but mostly I just went out to have fun & see a lot of friends!


I always love this race b/c it is a hometown race for us.