Greenwood Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I knew this was going to be a good swim for me. I felt great in the water, stuck to my 3 stroke breathing and hit all my flip turns. I passed a guy in the water. And ended up with over a lap between us! Never hit any distress and felt like I pushed the right amount. A good start to the race!

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T1 is lumped in with the bike split.

Get used to racing sockless and ask for warmer weather:)

I felt slow on the bike. It was just quite cold and windy I felt like I never got comfortable and in the zone. It was one of those days when it hurt to go fast because the air was so cold against me. Not a bad time, just didn't feel as good as normal.

I still don't think I'd want to pull on extra clothes. I thought it about it, but I'm not sure if I would have gotten any benefit.

T2 I think is lumped in with the run. But my T2 was very slow cuz I couldn't get my helmet unsnapped because of the old frozen "lobster-claw" hands. So maybe both transitions are lumped in with the bike. Not sure, doesn't matter, everyone raced in the same weather :)

Order warmer weather.

If T2 was lumped in with the run, this might possibly be a PR for me on a 5K. Besides being numb, this was an awesome run for me. I'm tinkled pink. I had good foot turnover and felt really good during the majority of the run. I beat my run split from last year by 22 seconds!

The hills come at the end of this course. I would push harder after cresting them, because the finish line is so close.

ABout a half mile of easy jogging then I got a massage (my hip felt a tad achy :( ) and showered and changed into warm clothes:)


I believe the weather was the major player in my slower time from last year. I think had weather conditions been identical, this would have been a PR race for me. I felt that good!


Keep in mind, my overall placement is against Men AND Women. I won First Place Overall Female(for the second year :) )!!!
This is a small race, but I love it. It is the one that started it all for me back in 2004. I always try to race it every year because it was my very first triathlon. I am so happy about the improvements in my run. And I know as the season progresses I will get faster and faster. Very pleased with my performance considering the weather and the fact that this was a tiring week for me. I'm a very happy. Today is my daughter's 7th birthday. The whole time on the run course I was thinking that this year was so much more fun than seven years ago and a lot less painful;)