Summit Solstice Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

First ever open water swim. I was pretty anxious about this, especially since everyone was talking about the water being so cold. With my wetsuit, though, the water temp wasn't an issue. Did feel a little panicky at times with people bumping into me, feeling so far away from shore and not being able to see, but I worked through it. Sighting was kind of difficult, I hadn't practiced this and did quite a bit of weaving, also the last buoy was small and hard to locate. But, overall, for my first OWS, I was pretty happy with myself.

Practice OWS and just swim more in general. Use body glide more liberally.

Ran up hill into T1, got my wetsuit off pretty fast. Josh was there taking pictures and I remember telling him "that was scary".

Nothing. This was smooth and fast.

Felt great on bike. This course was really nice. Passed quite a few people and played leapfrog with two women who got around me for good right after the turnaround point when I decided to eat a hammer gel. Tried to keep them in my sight and I pretty much did (ended up passing at least one of them on the run). I went pretty much all out on the bike.

Try aerobars and a new saddle.

T2 was really fast. Used a visor on the run for the first time and liked it.

I grabbed a goo at T2, which I never used and carried around in my shorts. Might not be necessary in sprint distance, but seems nice to have just in case.

Felt like I could have pushed it a little more on the run. In any case, I passed several people and never got passed and still had a kick at the end. (Wow, they just posted the official run splits and I can't believe my pace and that I felt like I had more to go! 6th fastest female overall! Awesome!)

Go all out on the run.

Sat in the sun with Josh and the dog and watched people come in.


The swim is always my weakness, that's just how it is. Aerobars and a different saddle probably could have helped a little on the bike. Go all out on the run.


I was a little anxious about this race because of the OWS and also because I felt that I hadn't been training as much as I should have a couple of weeks prior, but I was really happy with my performance despite these things. I really wish that I had each split time so I could see how I did on the individual sections, swim bike and transitions were all lumped together, so run is only thing I know for sure. This was a fun course and a beautiful day. It was only my second tri, so I'm sure I still have some learning to do. Overall, though, I feel like I did the best I could and I beat my previous time, which I didn't expect to do. In general this was a great race. And it was fun!!