Summit Solstice Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The race was set up for split times but I don't see any on the results so I am fairly disappointed.

I would just relax, slow down, and swim my own race rather than letting everything get to me. I know I can freestyle that far. Looking back its kind of funny. I never thought I would freak out like that. I am going to make a few trips over to Helena and swim in the lake where my next tri is before that race and put in a lot of extra time to improve it and my confidence in it.

I was so disappointed by my swim that I pretty much just walked out of the water and to my rack. I just took my time and wiped all the grass off my feet and made sure I had everything ready to do. I grabbed a drink of water and headed out.

I think going slower allowed me to calm myself down and relax after the horrible swim. In my next race I will run to my bike and try to go as fast as I can through this transition though because there were a good five people who were less than a minute ahead of me and I could of made up that time here.

The day before the triathlon I drove the course and the bike segment had me worried. I had just gotten my bike a week before and because of the weather only ridden it once. So This was going to be my second time on a bike, other than in spin class, since I was in grade school. The fact that it was downhill for the first half and I obviously am not used to my clipless pedals added to my apprehension. However once I got onto my bike all that went out the window and I just wanted to catch everyone in front of me. Only one person passed me the whole time I was on the bike and I passed quite a few people, especially on the hills on the way back to the lake.

I was extremely happy with my ride. I wish I could have clipped in faster because that took a while. Other than that though I think I did everything pretty well and shifted correctly to handle the hills. I could have maybe pushed a higher gear for some of the ride.

This time I was really fast through transition. I just took off my cycling shoes, put on my running shoes, grabbed a drink of water, and took off.

Nothing

My legs felt pretty good at the beginning. The couple of small hills towards the beginning slowed me down a lot. The first half of the run felt extremely slow but I did better as it went on. I didn't get passed once and continued to pass a few people. I almost caught the girl who passed me on the bike. She ended up finishing a couple seconds(10 minutes and a couple seconds)ahead of me.

I would push myself a little harder because I felt like I still had some gas in the tank.

Grabbed a recovery drink, banana, and bagel while standing around the finish line relaxing and talking to another competitor.


The SWIM. Nerves, inexperience, there's a lot of room for improvement.


This was my first triathlon and although some things went wrong I am pretty happy with it. I learned a lot and I am really looking forward to my next race and redeeming myself on the swim ;)