Iron Girl Las Vegas - TriathlonSprint

Thanksfully the water was warm and felt good. The sun was at a point though that the reflection blinded us when we were swimming, I couldn't see the bouys and that of course made sighting nearly impossible. I knew were I was going though, so just followed shore. My goggles got fogged, I had to take them off at one point, I lost a contact. Of course there was the normal accidental kicking, hitting. We were swimming gaainst the waves.

get better googles, especially ones with mirrored lenses. Get my own wetsuit for next time, the rental one I used had a hole in the arm and took on quite a bit of water I think. More open water practice swims, as this was really only my second real distance swim in open water. Practice practice practice. In January I couldn't even go a full length of the pool. Now that I have the distance, I need to work on effeciency and speed.

had to run .3 of mile from the beach, around the resort and into the parking lot to transition. Took the wetsuit off when I hit the pavement, was sill a little dizzy from swimming so I fumbled with it a little bit, finally got it off and ran with it up the hill. Sliced my foot on something and got two big scratches and a gauge of skin taken out of the bottom. It hurt, but I didn't look at the damage until after the race. :)

not step on something sharp, maybe try not to wear socks? with the cuts I'm glad I didn't try to go int he shoes barefoot.

I rocked the bike, Think I came in about 39th OVERALL in bike split. Knew I had to do well if I wanted a chance at doing okay overall to make up for my slow swim/run times. I knew the course, and knew I was strong on it. As I was leaving transition I heard them speak my name over the loadspeaker and say "Congratulations to andigurl, bib number 561. She' 29, and has lost over 95 pounds and this is her first triathlon." I waa like "That's ME That's ME!" haha. I took off like a bat outta hell. I was passed by only about 3-4 women, all of them in the 35-45 yo range that kick everyone's asses! :)

Nothing. I'm very proud of my performance on this leg. When I racked back up before the run there were so few bikes int he parking lot I was like "YES!!!" Becuase I knew a bunch of those skinny girls would catch me on the run! =)

took a little longer than I would have likes.

put the shoes on FIRST instead of last. I could have put the race belt and visor on as I was running out of transition instead of before I put on my shoes.

I knew I was goingt o have the hardest time with the run. The hills were steep, so I walked them, and I ran the flats and the downhills. I saw more then a handful of girls fall down on the rocks. A few of the hills were so steep it's amazing everyone made it up them. Running up was pointless, as the rocks just gave way under my feet. :)

More training outside, and for this particular race, more training on dirt trails outside. I've worked myself from not being able to run 1/4 mile to runnign about 5, but most of my training has been on a treadmill. I'll definitely move it outside more now. Training is key. hopefully the next race won't have the hills and I can run th whole thing.

As I continue to lose weight and get lighter, I'm sure I'll get faster and faster.


I thought everything was very well organized, I didn't have any problems and would like to congratulate the organizers on a job well done. I really thought it was a great all round experience. being an all womens event it definitely had a different vibe then that of a normal tri, I think. It was a great way to break into triathlons and I look forward to doing many more in the up coming months and years. The course was tough, but given the terrain around the venue, I think any route they chose would have been very difficult, it's a mountainous area and you can't change the topography of the site. :)