Subaru US Women's Triathlon Series - Naperville - TriathlonSprint

Felt AWESOME!!! Water temperature was perfect. I got a little bit beat up at the beginning but worked my way through it and did not freak out! The middle/end was great and I felt really strong getting out of the water.

Nothing really...other than train more...you can always train more, and more practice sighting!

This was a little rough as it was my first time having to get out of a wetsuit but it went ok. I just need to practice more.

Practice practice practice!!!

This was a two loop course with a headwind coming back in towards transition...not terrible but not much fun. I could have pushed this faster, but was trying to keep something in the tank for the run. I struggled to get clipped in, but I was really proud that I did not freak out and just pedaled with my feet on top of the pedals until I managed to clip in. I struggled a little with left turns. I just need to get out on the bike and ride more. I ride too much inside! I passed many people, but was also passed by many people.

Practice actually riding not just depending on the trainer so much.

This was good until I forgot to take my cycling gloves off and had to go back 3 steps to take them off. I grabbed a drink of gatorade and one shot block...I think I should have taken another one or two!

Remember to take off my gloves and make nutrition more of a priority

This is where my race fell apart a little bit (this is still a PR for a 5K for me and the first time in a race I have gone sub 11 min miles) I was good for the first 2.5 miles ( and perhaps I went out too fast as my first mile was at 9:45) but then I started to get nauseous and got goosebumps and knew I was ovreheating. I just tried to keep moving and was praying I could make it too the end. I think this was a hydration/nutrition issue. I think I needed to eat a shot block during each transition and drink more on the bike than I did. By the time that I was running it had been 6 hours since breakfast and I think that is what sank me a bit. Its hard to be disappointed with a PR run, but I had hoped to finish feeling better than I did and I wonder how fast I could have gone if I had felt better.

Drink and eat at each transition

Took pictures with Lauren. Sat down in the shade, poured water over my head, ate something and drank a lot of water...started to feel better


mostly hydration, and nutrition...and training...as I said earlier you can always train more.


Packet pick-up was a bit of a mess, but I somewhat blame that on the rain. This was also a new location for pick-up from previous years.

Overall this was a great race. It was a lot of fun getting to race with so many of my friends! I had three goals for the race (some spoken and some unspoken): 1) finish 2) run the whole 5K 3) go sub 2 hours

I achieved them all and so overall I think it was a successful day!