Beaver Lake Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Somehow I ended up starting front and center...so I sprinted a lot when the horn blew, but still had a few ladies swim over top of me. At one point someone had a hold of my legs and someone else managed to grab my arms, so that was a little disconcerting. Got into the groove pretty easily, and just powered through. One lady kept zigzagging in front of me and that was driving me nuts, though. Finally I passed her, ha!

I think I'd wear my wetsuit. Even though it was a short race, I think it would have been nice to have the extra speed.

My bike was a long way from the water, had to serpentine run through the transition area to get there. Once I did reach the bike I did move pretty fast, and the bike exit was close by.

I forgot to put on my shirt that had my number on it and almost went back for it. It had been laying on my wheel (this will be significant later.). I also forgot to eat a gel like I had planned but did have one in my bento box so I ate that in the first couple of miles of the bike.

The ride actually went by pretty fast. I was feeling untrained since I haven't done any long rides lately, but luckily my body remembered what to do. Traffic control was excellent, as the roads were not closed down completely. I saw a deer when I first started riding. Every time I do this ride, I see deer.

Lose weight and be faster on the uphills!

Riding into T2, my husband and kids were just arriving so I hollered at them which was fun! Then I looked for my shirt with my race number on it for a while but it was nowhere to be found. So I pulled the bike number off my bike and carried that with me. Yes, I am a dork, but I wanted my name announced when I finished, dammit!

Race belt that fits so I don't have to mess with a shirt. Maybe not use the Garmin since it took a few seconds to put it on...although it does help me with pacing.

I tried to run around a 10-min mile for the first mile and then eventually get it under 9, which I did for a bit, but ended up a little over 9-min miles. I was trying to pass people, so that was fun, and counting breaths which made the time fly. I picked up the pace the last mile, which was fun, as I managed to pass a lot of people who were out of energy.

Just lose more weight so I don't have to deal with so much gravity!

Hugged the kids, drank water.


Weight, tiredness (kids and dogs woke me up 4 times last night!)....undertrained on hills with the bike, lack of wetsuit.


Fun race! Awards ceremony was slow starting so the kids were getting a bit annoying wanting to leave...but mama won a gold medal and mama was staying to get it! :) Since it was a local tri, it was fun being announced as a local, that made it extra fun.

I really liked this race and will definitely do it again next year. Funny piece of trivia important only to me and maybe my parents....I was conceived at Beaver Lake just over 40 years ago.