Had the flu for a week 2 weeks before the race, but I still had the occasional cough while working out. As soon as I started swimming, I felt congestion in my lungs. I tried coughing underwater and at every wall.

Nothing... swam pretty well considering. I should be doing flip-turns, but I haven't practiced in a while.

The distance was based on RPMs, so it was better to have the resistance as low as you can tolerate and pedal as fast as you can. I HATE pedaling with such high cadence, and it made my glutes ache! Also, I could feel the outside of my foot aching from the position on my feet on the pedals. I was really uncomfortable, but spinned like crazy!

I would prefer to have my cleats, but it I thought it would be a waste of time changing out of them after just 8 miles.

Just hopped off the bike and got on the treadmill... no transition at all.

It felt GREAT to get on the treadmill after the uncomfortable spin bike. I like that these treadmills seem to go a lot faster than my treadmill at home, and the ones at the YMCA. They were good for my ego. I think I was holding back too much at the beginning because I wasn't sure how fast I was really going.

Walked for a minute or two on the treadmill until my heartrate went down


I didn't taper


As good as it gets for an indoor triathlon. The event was well organized and the director even made sure that the 7 of us (friends) raced in back to back heats. There were more than enough volunteers and everyone was friendly. I did the long course last year and although I prefer the longer distance tris, I think I like the sprint for indoors. I remember being kind of bored last year. But then again I wasn't racing with friends. It's a great race to do in the middle of winter when you're itching to do a triathlon.