First Tri completed!

On a whim I entered into a tri while visiting family in Illinois. It was a small sprint distance in an even smaller Illinois town. I'll try to throw together a race report in the next day or so, but for now I'll just throw out the generals.

Swim had the least amount of training and it showed. I turned in a 17+ minute split and I was tired.

T1 was a comedy of errors, in an attempt to save time I attached my shoes to my bike. I had never actually practiced it this way. T1 split 3 minutes

Bike I did ok. I was riding my mountain bike but so were alot of other people. I turned in a time of 49+ minutes on the bike.

T2 went smoother than T1. I was off the bike and running within 90 seconds.

Running is something that I can do well. I have been running for awhile and after shaking off the biking legs, I started to fly. I passed alot of people during the run and I turned in a very respectable 17:54 time. This is my PR by over a minute.

Overall I was happy with my times . With limited swim training and not alot of bike training under my belt, I was happy just making it to the run I did learn that doing a tri "on a whim" is not a good idea, at least not while you are 6.5 hours from home! I spent an entire Saturday and about $100 buying stuff that I would need. I did enjoy the event and I am thinking that this could the sport that I have been looking for!

***Changed the Bike time to 49 minutes. 39 is wishful thinking.

Edited by JayC 2003-08-05 10:30 AM