Rock 'N RollMan Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Great swim for me, although the time doesn't really show it. I was really worried that I would lose control of my breathing or panic in the water (or get kicked in the head). It felt great. I passed people left and right. I guess I should have started closer to the front. Long run up the beach to transition which was included on the swim time.

Not much. Maybe start closer to the front. And have a little more confidence in my swimming.

Wow, that was a lot longer than it felt. I definitely was not woried about my transition times for this race. I'll worry about that in the next one. But I can see here that this needs some work.

Not take my sweet @ss time.

A lot harder than I thought it was going to be. My legs got very tired very quickly with all the hills. I started to get very discouraged about half way through when I noticed how many people were passing me and I didn't see anyone behind me. I need to work on not paying attention to what everyone else is doing.

Hills! I think more biking in general will be beneficial. As for the race, I did all I could do.

Took a minute to drink some more and took a few sips of a frozen ensure shake. Should have been faster given that I didn't have to change shoes.

Learn to jump off bike. Run with bike (I was just tired and my legs weren't ready to run yet). Put race belt on as I was running out.

Had a little bit of a breakdown on the run just before the turnaround. I don't know what happend. It was like a panic attack. I couldn't breath, I couldn't run. I had to walk for about a minute. All I could think was how many hours I spent training and that I was going to be last again. When I got to the turnaround, I saw a bunch of people that were still coming. I think that made me feel a lot better, and allowed me to pick up the pace a bit. I was still really tired after the bike, so it certainly wasn't my best run. But I made it running back the whole way (and passed a few people too).

Work on some longer bricks. I run after almost every bike, but not usually too far. My legs didn't feel too bad as far as the transitioning was concerned. It was more of just being wiped out after the bike. My entire body was tired. Again, need to focus on racing my own race. Not what everyone else is doing.

Water, gatorade. Walked around for a bit and did some strectching. Had a bit of the ensure shake and whatever random food was around.


Well, it was my first tri, so that was probably a factor. The bike hurt a lot. And it was pretty hot by the time the run came around.


The only thing that was too difficult was the bike course for me. Slightly more hills than I was ready for. Overall a great race. Lots of volunteers and very well organized. All the people were awesome. Everyone I talked to throughout the day was so encouraging, even those who were behind me. I'd definitely like to do it again next year, and hopefully my legs will be a little stronger by then. I'm failry pleased overall. I did meet my next goal which was to finish the race and not be last.