Started out with the front of the pack. Unfortunately, there was a wall of slower swimmers in front of me and it took me 2/3 of the course to get past them. Had to swim with my head above water for about 1/3 of the course so I could see them and try to figure out how to get by.

Make sure I stand at the very front, rather than with the group.

Good transition. A little unsteady on my feet putting on my shoes, but I had placed my bike near the end of one of the racks so I could use it to steady myself, if needed, and that helped. The transition timer for this race started as we exited the water, unlike the Troika, which started when we entered the transition area.

Maybe run faster. 21/50 for my age group, 171/335 overall.

I know this course well, so I laid on my pedals as hard as I could. I forgot to reset my bike computer before the race, which probably was to my benefit because I couldn't look at the timer--I could only look at my speed, which I knew was good.

Nothing.

Racked my bike, swapped my helmet for my visor, and I was off. 8/50 in my age group, 94/335 overall. Good transition!

Nothing, except run faster. Running is my biggest limitation.

Ran the best I could. Really pushed myself. When I wasn't running, I tried to race walk. I didn't use a strategy, other than push myself to go as fast as I could, even if that "fast as I could" was when I was walking. Got passed by 13 women in my age group in the last mile, which was disheartening, but I didn't let it slow me down. I pushed harder. I really wanted to beat my Troika time.

I need to run faster. This is my biggest area of weakness.

OMG! I ate everything in sight! And had a bone density scan. My bones are fine.


I don't know how to run.


Same course as Troika Sprint Tri (05.31.2014).

Troika times:
Swim: 16:20 (Today - 12:00, 4:20 improvement)
T1: 4:10
Bike: 45:03 (Today - 39:22, 5:41 improvement)
T2: 1:39
Run: 50:19 (Today - 44:44, 5:35 improvement)
Total: 1:57:31 (Today - 1:42:17, about 15 minute improvement)