Hawk Island Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The swim was horrible for me. you could probably walk 50yards before actually having to swim. I did the group start, not the time trial as i need the practice. Appears that i needed to start closer to the front. I got stuck behind a breast stroker and everytime i went around her i caught another one. By the mid course bouy I was plain stuck and since my swimming sucks i just breastroked for a while. then the dang goggles fogged so bad that I could see so I wound up having to breaststoke the entire 2nd half.

I was breathing every stroke and very relaxed except that I wasn't swimming straight. I was pulling to the left very hard, so I had to sight quite a bit when I could crawl. Oh well more pool time and OWS time it appears.

There was a really long run from the beach to T1. It went pretty good. I didn't have too many issues. I started with the shoes off the bike and got going really well.

Shoes on bike.

Bike went pretty good. I didn't get to pee before I swam so I was struggling on the bike. I hate having to pee while biking. I tried to just let it go but no can do. Passed quite a few people although my pace wasn't quite what i was hoping for. I was hoping for an avg of 21.

On a side note there were lots of people that really didn't know the rules of the road on the bike. Lots of people riding on the yellow line. Lots riding 2 abreast. but I understand there were lots of beginners.

I took the entire week prior to the race off. with midterms and work i didn't get the workouts in i was hoping for. the legs felt a little stiff and just wouldn't go.

Transition area was 2 racks that were very long. I was racked somewhere in the middle. for some reason the section of rack that I was on seemed very overcrowded. one dude had just thrown his bike down in the middle of the aisle and took off. My dad was also in just getting in and getting his shoes changed, which is very cool b/c he and I usually never see eachother on the course.

nothing

Run was good, got passed by 2 women. I was really worried about getting passed by more, but this was my 5K PR (Stand alone or during a tri) so I am pretty geeked. Running a 25 min 5k has been a goal for some time. woo hoo.

Ran by Trixi's protoge (I was worried she was gonna catch me), saw sushigirl.....great job ladies.

walked around. Talked to the other BTer's at the white tent. Ate some yucky pizza.

By the way, Trixie, your swelling in your leg....gross!!! Thanks for cheering us on.


swim...run fitness. Need to work on both.


Couple things about this race. This is my first time running it, I usually do Seahorse. Anyway, there were lots of beginners, which is great, but I think that they could have done a better job of explaining transitions and keeping to the right on the bike. It was really frustrating to see people riding on the yellow line, not passing anybody, just hanging out there. All in all, good race, good support and great for a beginner. Much closer to home than KZoo...