Olathe Medical Center Women's Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Did the first half with no problem at all and felt like I was going to be awesome in this swim. Then all of a sudden it seems like I just tanked. Couldn't catch a good enough breath, felt tired, kind of panicky. Stopped at a lifeguard dude and had a brief conversation with him as I held onto his floating device. Went another 200 or so and after doing the back stroke and some breaststroke, had to stop at the next lifeguard dude. Both of them were great. The last one asked me if I wanted him to take me in. I said Absolutely not. I was gonna finish this thing! So I did

Follow my own pre-race routine! Get my nutrition and WARM UP!! I need to swim at least 400 yds to warm up and I know I would do better if I did.

No bike because they cancelled that portion due to rain

Got wetsuit off fairly quickly. Then had trouble with socks and decided that since it was raining cats and dogs I would skip them and run without. Never had done that before....bad choice. Got blisters from it.

Gotten to the venue earlier and gotten a better spot to be closer to the run start.

The trail was covered in a lot of water, some of it running, for a good portion of the run. I really felt pretty good about the run. Until my left knee started hurting. I passed about 5 other gals. There was this last gal that we kept switching places and when we were about 50 yards from the finish I picked up my pace and then I heard footsteps beside me and thought wow, I'll run with her. She sounds fast. It was this lady!! Well, no way she was gonna beat me so I ran the fastest sprint at the end of a race that I've ever done. It was a blast AND I beat her. I was so pumped....until I felt like I was gonna puke and my knee was killing me!

Nutrition again...be more aware of that. Not mess around in transition so much.

Walked around a little, but had to help a friend get all her stuff to the car and somebody wanted to take pictures and the rain and I had to finally go pee for crying out loud...never really did any and I should have. I regret that the most. I'm suffering for it now.


I tanked on the swim. Even though at the pool I swim twice the distance and feel great, because I didn't warm up and I didn't take care to do my nutrition, it hindered my performance. Plus, I need to make sure that when I am in a race that I do MY pre-race routine and not someone else's unless I have taken care of myself first.


The weather made this race different. If the rain wouldn't have cancelled the bike, it would have been a completely different event for me. I always feel better after I get off the bike because it's my favorite. It gets me pumped for the run. I felt kind of weirdly rushed the whole morning and it affected me. But, it is a great event. Very organized, great people, great gifts given away, the goody bag was INCREDIBLE! I will definitely do this race again next year. And when I bring four newbies with me next year, I will get there early enough that I'm all settled and ready to go so helping them won't take so much from my own race.