Kirkland Triathlon at Carillon Point - TriathlonMini Sprint

804 out of 968 in the swim - not as bad as I thought. There was kelp. I hate kelp. Next time I'm taking Shawn's advice and eating sushi the night before and taking CHARGE of the kelp situation! ;)


Banish the negative thoughts - I was done before I started. But I kept swimming. I didn't stop, I didn't quit.

struggled with my gloves - I need a pair with velcro on the back. Clammy hands and leather gloves are NOT a good combo. I also need to spend a lot more time working on mounting and dismounting the bike and clipping in. Bike is definately a technical weak point for me.

buy new gloves - practice handling the bike more, mounting and dismounting

OMG. I need some hills training. More hills training. And then some SERIOUS hill training. I had none of the following: technique, stamina, muscles and ended up walking partway up 2 of the hills. That did nothing to help my negative attitude. And then - what's this - a @@#$@#^%$# flat. I've practiced changing them but didn't WANT to. I rode maybe 1/4 mile on the flat trying to figure out where in the course we were and when I figured I was only at about the 1/2 way point, I hunkered down and changed it. I have no idea how long it took to change it but I didn't struggle but nor was I efficient. The course police came by to check on my and I hope I wasn't grumpy out loud to them. The sports people came by and offered to help but I knew that would DQ me. I changed it and rode the last 1/2 of the course hoping I did it right and that I wouldn't end up with another flat.

Hill training. More hill training. Then some SERIOUS hill training. Then some more cardio and strength training.

I was mad - still mad - at myself, at my bike, at my tire. so I fumbled a little in my anger.

learn to let go of the negative emotions and try to focus on my positive thoughts.

Just need to train more. I was really grumpy and questioned my athlete status that only 2 weeks ago I was so proud of. I nearly quit. I truly almost turn around and ran back to the transition area. But I didn't give up. I'll just focus on that. Turns out that my run time is right in my pace despite walking 1/3 of the run. go figure.

I'll be spending the winter training - I might even sign up for a 1/2 marathon in January just to motivate my butt to do more run training. I really really really hate running. Every step.

crying.


ATTITUDE


they got started a little late but that was more due to the water police not being ready on time. It was also a VERY early start time due, I think, to the fact that the bike and run were on open public roads and attempting to lessen the impact on the neighbors. Or maybe the race director is a sadist. you decide.