Get Fit Kentucky - Triathlon

I made it. I waited until ever last person was in the water and on their way, then I got in and just started stroking. Out to the first buoy I was surprisingly straight with just one or two peeks to see if I was heading in the right direction. Since I kept my head down and just swam I was actually surprised when I got to the turn. Making it there was a huge mental hurdle. The second length was the longest and I applied the same mental strategy - just swim and look up every now and then. I zig zagged a little more on this leg of the swim, but I was flat out elated when I got to the second buoy and was making the turn for the beach. I was all over the place on the last leg because I was so pumped that I was going to make I started swimming much faster. Swimming faster just sent me off in the wrong direction faster, but I didn't care at all. I was as elated as if I had won the World Series with a HR in the bottom of the 9th inning when I hit that beach. Shelly and Brooke were right there and it was just a great moment. I had begun to worry that this new found OWS phobia was going to derail everything and when I came out of that little lake, it was all good again. Just cool.

Not even going there for this race.

I had a bit of a struggle with the wetsuit.

As time goes by I'll practice this and get better at it.

I'm pleased with this bike effort. It was the right pace for a sprint race, a beautiful ride.

This was a little disorganized. I tried down a GU while I was in there and I should have had it with me on the bike.

Keep my nutrition with me.

I did not run like this was sprint race. I'm not sure I had a sprint in me.

I suppose that you learn how to manage your bike such that you can truly run when you finish.

Stretched, walked around, nothing in particular.


This was a fantastic local race. Lots of volunteers, so much food prepared by a local church that I'm sure it was not all eaten. I'll do this race again.