Danskin Women's Triathlon - Austin - TriathlonSprint

Went off in the Survivor wave, in water start. Started off in front to the right. First buoy was REALLY hard to see, so I don't think I swam too straight. I was in the 5th wave. Caught up to the 4th wave, then the 3rd wave and ended up passing some from the second wave! I was first out of the water in my wave. Top 2% AG, top 3% overall! Whooo hooo, love the swim!

Try and swim straighter, could have cut more time off.

Long run up a grassy slope to the transition area, was out of breath. Found my bike no problem, probably could have been faster getting into shoes.

Practice transitions more!

Good ride, I passed LOTS of people, only a few passed me. Just a little wind. I did good on the hills, and even better on the downhills. Amazing how many were just coasting! On the uphills I put the bike in a spin gear and easily did them. Got out of the saddle on the short steep hill and one of the volunteers yelled, "You make it look easy!". Top 6% AG, top 7% overall!

Get a tri bike, I want to go FASTER!!!! Plus they are soooo sexy.

The lady on the bike next to me had just finished the swim (her first tri)as I finished my bike (same wave!)... I gave her some words of encouragement, because I could tell she was already down on herself. Grabbed the Garmin off my bike. Put race number on before I took off for the run start.

I could have been a B*TCH and ignored the lady on the bike next to me, and probably have saved 15-20 seconds, but I just coudn't do that. I should have forgotten about the Garmin (it just pissed me OFF, see below) and grabbed the race number and put it on as I ran to the run start.

So this leg totally pissed me off... I was so stoked by the swim and the bike and I just totally sucked at the run. I think I walked about half of it, I just couldn't get it going. My shoulders/neck got all tight, I was breathing hard, it was just awful and looking at the Garmin just made it worse! Just like last time, once I hit pavement I was okay. I didn't pass ANYONE, and lots of ladies passed me. As I was walking (and dying inside) the volunteers kept yelling, "You're doing awesome!) and if I wasn't so tired I probably would have yelled back, "Shut the F up you stinkin liars!
In spite of my "displeasure" with this run, I was still better than 47% AG and 40% overall.

Maybe I should have eaten the Shot Blocks I had taped to my bike, and it would have given me some run energy. Need to practice MORE BRICKS! Although legs were not bad, I was just tired overall. Need to do more trail type running. At least it was dry this time, but there were areas they had thrown down a bunch of mulch and it was hard to run on. If I can improve the run, I know I can improve my ranking immensely! Obviously the weak link in my race and I will be working hard on it this summer!

Drank a bottle of water, sat down and went over all the good and bad things with my daughter, then got an iced coffee, packed up and came home.


The stupid RUN!!!


So I did the course about 2 minutes faster than the Trek Tri. Should have been more than that if I didn't totally suck at the run. I was very happy with the swim and bike.

For the whole race I was top 13% in AG and top 15% overall! Imagine what I could do when my run gets better!