Bath County Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I nearly gave up and went back to shore. Why? I completely panicked when I was surrounded by kicking and flailing arms and legs. It was a deep water start, which didn't bother me. Until of course I had to try to swim. I couldn't. So immediately I began to panic. I had to switch between every stroke I knew other than front crawl to try to calm myself down. I didn't calm down enough to do that until the second buoy. When I got there, I started swimming and swam way off course inside the buoys. I guess I can't swim straight at all. I did finally get out after veering off course a second time and almost missing the exit. I wasn't tired much at all, so I can physically do the swim. I just need to be able to mentally handle it as well.

I need to work out a way to not be freaked out by people swimming around me. If I can do that, I can have a good swim.

Seemed to go okay. Got my socks on and got out the chute. I need to practice with my shoes on the bike and jumping on. This probably would not have been a good course to try this on because the first thing you have to do when exiting is to climb a hill.

Have shoes on bike and skip the socks possibly. Oh, and run out of the chute and jump on the bike.

Since the race results aren't posted yet, I have no idea how the bike went. I rode a rental bike which was a little too big for me. It worked okay though. The downhills were crazy fast. I come from a land of small hills, so going 35+ on a bike makes me nervous. I felt good on the ride though. At the 10 mile marker, my seat came loose and slid forward. When I was adjusting it the day before, I guess I didn't tighten in properly. I didn't bother to stop and fix it since I was so close to the finish.

Have my own bike, drink more water.

Pretty smooth, got the hat and shoes on and was off.

Really need to work on getting the bike shoes off while on the bike.

There were no flat places. About the only thing you can do is make up for time on the downhill when you can. I felt pretty good, so I think I could have raced a little harder. I just wasn't sure how I would handle that last hill.

Run harder. It's the end of the race, right?

I went to the finish line to wait for my friend. Lingering around and then lunch. Food is soooo good after a race. We then went to shower and spent 4 hours in a car. Not a good idea that, but it had to be done. I think we were all a little stiff and sleepy in the car.


My brain! It just got in the way of that swim. And, I just need to get more experience in races and with my limits. I need to know where they are, so I can work harder during the races.


Not having the results up within 24 hours of the race completely sucks. I am far-sighted, so I couldn't read the tiny posted results at the race. Now I'm just hoping they get the results up soon so I can know my times.