5430 Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

sighting DIRECTLY into the sun hurts, stopping multiple times to sight sucks
after the first turn though it was fine (except for my body's apparent need to drift toward the land when left side breathing---i think I sight better with right-side breathing)
started to get really comfortable on last stretch, felt shoulders tiring, figure it's the wetsuit.

swim went well, I overswam somewhat zig-zagging to the first buoy, beeline for finish after second turn...well I bee-lined as much as possible.
maybe not swim with a wetsuit.
get more OWS with a wetsuit.

just peachy, little issue getting foot into one shoe feeling the seconds tick away
nice to hear my rack-mate holler "you're so FAST!"

not much

this is where it got interesting.
I'm hammering, and hammering...and hammering. WHY are my legs so tired? What's going on here? something's not right.
1. now I know why there's no strength train in taper (friday morning)
2. bike maintenance Saturday---hmm, maybe my skewers are too tight
stopped, flipped bike over, loosened skewers somewhat, felt better, but legs just not real happy
3. NOT ENOUGH FOOD blessings on the Copper Mountain Kitted krew that passed me and handed off a clif bar, I was flat out starving and gels/blocks were NOT cutting it
4. NOT ENOUGH WATER half a bottle does not cut it for me, I did learn to catch a bottle on the fly---kewl---and pounded the water much as possible 'cause I knew I'd need it coming up

more food
more water
not strength train w/in 2 days, or a week, of a race.
compared to training of late, this was a below avg ride...but improved from last sprint.

in my exertion I forgot to slip feet out of shoes while still on bike.
also, though I felt I was forgetting something, didn't want to stick around to figure out what I was missing...it was my race belt/number

once I got into pace it felt good to just run.
had to stop off behind boulder/bushes to pee, no cover out there so that was challenging.
grabbed water n'gatorade at both aid stations.
last 1/2 mile just ran outta gas, walked a bit, panic started in that I hadn't improved that I wasn't good enough...and my "esophageal constriction" returns, then I can't breath, begin om-ming ever exhale to open/relax throat.
finished fresh with a strong stride though.

bring water with me to sip, even if it is just 3 miles, I still need it.
I will probably switch to my Columbia camp hat to shade my entire face, find some cooling sleeves/gear to aid my body in it's endeavors to keep me from cooking inside-out.
based on my past race performance, the run was average. based on my recent training, my run was below average.

sat under shade of a bush and cried, drank my water, suspiciously eyed my finisher medal.
walked around chatted with some people, thought about food line, skipped it and went for the bear naked yogurt/granola cup, snagged come blueberries from the pancake table.
met The Man & Little Girl at Mexican Food.


pre-race prep, food water.


not my best performance. still a fun race though, great for first timers, nice they give finisher medals for a sprint
The Plan doesn't account for races, I guess I'll do what I can though.
heat stress sucks, when I was gather up my things chatting with another woman, I felt it coming on, & bailed...but it didn't stop the eye-ball popping headache that remained for the rest of the day.