Skeese Greets Womens Tri - TriathlonMini Sprint

Swimming is hard for me to say the least - very crouded 150+ start and never was able to find a good piece of water - not sure that would have helped. I still seem to attack the swim with a "just get it overwith" attitude. My time was better than I expected but did not have any fun at all with the swim.

Work on my breathing and relax more.

Due to my poor swimming technique my legs were very tired after the swim. Walked to transition - which took most of my time - helmet, shoes and socks on went smoothly. Walked bike to mount line.

Be better at the swim

I have a very heavy mountain bike that is more like a cruiser with big fat tires - that, added to my weight, and tired legs caused me to dismount 1/2 way up the starting hill. Ride went pretty smooth after that although the remaining hills were still very difficult with this bike.

Ride a road bike with clipless pedals - or not at all. This was not pleasant and would not like to do it again!

Since I was not wearing cycling shoes transition was very easy - off with helmet and on with hat. However had to make a stop due to over hydrating.

Get a stronger bladder?

Ran out of T2 thinking that I was going to do fine taking small strides but by the time I got to the blacktop both shins had completely ceased up. I had never experienced this kind of pain before and I am no stanger to shin splints. Could barely walk non-the-less run for the 1st mile - it took everything I had to lift my feet up off of the ground and oh, the pain - I was seriously tempted to crawl! Once I started downhill my legs seemed to loose a bit so I alternated running and walking the remainder of the distance.

Get some good stretched and warmups for my shins as well as professional rehabilitation.

Walked around, light stretching of my shins - professional ART on right shoulder and shins.


Need a lighter, better bike, need rehab for my shin problem, oh, and more time in the pool to save my legs in the swim and of course train more.


This race was limited to 500 athletes. This was a great race for my 1st triathlon. I had a lot of support from my training group as many of them raced as well.