New Brighton Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Decent swim. Felt like I wasn't really stretching out until I was on the back side coming back in. Decent space for most of it, got run over from the side once.

Think hard about reaching on my strokes, try to get a good rhythm for breathing/checking.

This was bad, but I planned for bad. Maybe not this bad, though. I didn't have my shoes on my bike, because I wanted to wear socks today... when I did my warmup spin my hands were so cold I was worried my feet would be cold, too. Maybe didn't need 'em, but who knows? I just felt like I was out of my routine (I was) so I kept second-guessing what I was doing.

Also put on a jacket, which was a must. Can't imagine the bike without it.

Didn't pull my suit top down on the way up from the beach - I was feeling dizzy when I got out of the water. Also had trouble getting it off - but this was my first time in it for the season, so I guess I'm not surprised.

Ok bike ride - it started sprinkling as I left, but luckily it didn't get too wet. Toward the end I did feel like I needed to slow down a bit due to wet pavement. My tires are getting a bit old. My time was a little slower than last year, I think, but I was focused on having some energy left for the run.


I regret not having driven the course the night before. I would have liked to know where I was.

Again, didn't do my transition as I typically do (feet on shoes, etc.). That wasn't a problem, really, but I screwed up big time in not figuring out ahead of time where the run out was. (The transition area was in a different place this year than last year.) The run out was down toward the lake, and I ran all the way up toward bike in/out. Somebody told me, so I ran down, and then turned the wrong way out of the corral and ran half way up the side before figuring out where I was supposed to go. Totally stupid. Probably wasted a minute on this, if not more.

Took my jacket off, too, which was the right choice, I think.

Figure this stuff out BEFORE... which I know, I really do!

For some reason, the Pickle Events time is only in minutes, not sure what's up with that. This is not a great run for me, but I was happy that I kept a consistent pace and I think I could have kept going -- which is a good sign as far as my long course for later. I've not been doing much pace work, so I'm not surprised that I ran slowly.

I'll be adding more runs into my workouts for the next few weeks. I'm feeling pretty good about my bike now.

Better than I imagined going into it. Not my best race ever, but that wasn't my intention. I had fun, had enough breath to thank all the volunteers on the course (which were really appreciated with the crappy weather), and to encourage others on the run. All in all, a better day than I had expected and I'm looking forward to my next race!