Seahorse Challenge - TriathlonSprint

I started off shallow and ended up swimming through seaweed only 4 inches below the surface. That totally freaked me out- and with the swallowing of water, etc I ended up doing the breaststroke most of the rest of the way.

Start in the back of the pack and pace myself. This was by far the most disappointing part of my first ever tri. I am a strong swimmer generally, but this open water swim made a mockery of me.

I can't wait to do another one to recoup from my bad experience.

I had rubber banded my left shoe onto the back axle, but still could not seem to get my feet in. It took about 20 seconds I think.

Practice feet into shoes over and over.

I thought I did OK- but I got passed by MANY people. I never passed anyone the whole trip! It was a bit of a psychological downer- but I just paced myself and didn't push too hard.

Do more spinning in the winter and practice longer rides.

I was delirious and can't hardly remember T2. I was beginning to get totally exhausted.

Hardest part of the race generally. I walked about 80% of the "run" course. This is the biggest area of improvement that I could see.

Run

Walk around and drink fluids


Weighing 278 pounds


The swampy land bridge on the far end of the run course was not good. Maybe they could add gravel or something to make it less slippery. Also 46th St. was in bad shape for the bike portion.

Other than that I LOVED the race and it was a great first time experience and I will do it again!