San Jose International Triathalon - TriathlonOlympic

The horn went off...I started and almost immediately had a panic attack. I couldn't catch my breath. I pulled my head out of the water, and swam that way. I kept trying to put my face in the water, and each time, I freaked out a little.

1. Practice open water swimming
2. get a new wet suit
3. Loose 25 lbs

As I was running to my bike, my achilles was killing me. I kept thinking, "I will never be able to finish the run"

Under the circumstances not much...if I would have finished the swim in a better fashion, I would have cared more.

I have no clue what my AG or OA rank is on the bike portion. The web site hasn't listed that yet. If they do, I will change this data. But I have to immagine, its the same as the swim.

Ummmm! Train on the bike. I rode a total of 30 miles in training for this event. Time in the saddle would have really helped. I have never enjoyed the bike much, but during this race, it was my favorite part. Late in the bike leg, I got my second wind (or first wind, since I never really had my first wind during the swim). I am very happy with my performance having not trained at all. Maybe next year I will actually train and maybe then I can do better.

This went smoothly. I didn't have to mess with my shoes, since I only have regular flat pedals right now. I did forget to remove my glasses, and I hate running with my glasses. but it ended up not being too bad, since my hat kept them from sliding around off my nose...

not much

Ummmm...I should have been able to do much better than this...but...I have to remember that a) I had a bad Achilles, which, although I could feel it, didn't really hurt, and b) because of said achilles, I had not ran in over 3 weeks...

Not have an injury 3 weeks before race

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Me...I didn't do anything right leading up to this race.


I have never been so proud of such a bad performance in a race. I almost didn't run this race at all, and then several points throughout the race, I wanted to just give up. But I didn't...I couldn't give up and call myself a triathlete! How could I face people back here on BT if I knew that I could have finished, but didn't because I just couldn't HTFU. For several hours after the race, I refused to wash my numbers off my arm, I wanted them there as a badge of honor...a reminder of what I had just done. I think I want to do another Tri...not sure if I can this year, money is such a big issue, but if I can, I want to do a sprint...something smaller to try to get over this whole open water swim thing.