Ramblin' Rose - Charlotte - TriathlonMini Sprint

From the first length my goggles began to leak. These are my favorite goggles that NEVER leak! Anyway, I ended up having to stop two times at the edge to release water. Along the way I passed a few people with no problem until about the 7th length. I was passing to the left (3rd girl) but I just barely passed her before I got to the edge and realized I needed to cross lanes on her side. She told me to go ahead and cross in front of her but I couldn't get situated to kick off the wall with her right next to me, so I had to switch sides with her, go under the divider then kick off. That took some seconds off my time for sure.
Even with the setbacks I was very surprised at my swim time...VERY SURPRISED!

In hindsite I could've not passed #3 on that length and waited once we switched lanes. I'm still not sure that would've helped my time though. Either way it cost me at least 5 seconds.
There's no way I could've anticipated my goggles doing that. They were the perfect fit up until that point. That also cost me, at minimum, 5 seconds.

Transition went well.

The only thing I may have changed was not taking a swig of my drink and waiting to step into my transition skirt until the run.

Only one girl passed me and she was good. I tried to stay with her the whole way. At the end she picked it up and we were separated by about 400yds. She helped me keep pushing it. I did not go all out at the end (up a hill), I saved it for the run.

Nothing

Went well.

I could've been faster pulling my bungie strings

I passed alot but don't think I was passed. I passed the girl that passed me on the bike.
I NEVER FELT MY KNEE!!!! That was huge.


I could've turned it up some but lost my focus at this point. I was being moderate with my pace and enjoying the end of the race while pushing some.

Such a short race, I just enjoyed my family and friends and stretched a little about an hour later.


Good Goggles, the girl in lane 7, focus on the run


I think the race itself is wonderful. The whole idea of it is great. My only suggestion for improvement is to a) go back to giving out T-shirts and b) do something about the run course (less turns).