3Sports Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

felt great on the swim, to my complete surprise it ended up being my favorite leg of the race. Got a little bottle necked at times with up and back in lanes making it a bit tricky to pass. I passed 3 or 4 people (major confidence booster!) and got passed once. It went by in a blink of an eye and I felt on top of the world coming out of the pool - huge adrenaline rush!

nothing, I am happy with how things went considering this was my first Sprint Tri

not too bad with my first transition ever. My shoe heel got stuck so I had to take a few seconds to get my shoe on correctly.

My bike was malfunctioning from the get go and being such a newbie I couldn't figure out what was happening, I was stuck in 6th gear, wheels were spinning in all other gears (I've since learned the problem) So, I literally thought I as going to have to stop and not race, but I told myself no matter what I'm getting it done. So, I trucked along in 6th gear and finished. I have what I'd call a 'beach comber' bike to begin with so add the gear issue I was passed a gazillion times, but everyone was very encouraging and I just went with my mantra of "this is where the healing begins" (from a song) since this was my comeback to being active after 10 years of being told I can't b/c of a degenerative disease in my back. That kept me going!

Learn how to manage bike issues LOL!

Transition went smoothly, happy with it! Grabbed my race belt and off I went! In time I will get faster at racking bike as I initially went at the rack in the wrong direction so I had to turn my bike around, however, it was a quick fix. For my first time, I didn't care : )

Remember which way my bike needs to be as I approach my rack.

I was happy with my performance as I had been in physical therapy for some issues related to my hips/back therefore for about 6 weeks I wasn't running until about 3 weeks before the race. Considering my lack of run training, I was shooting for an 11 min/mile and I beat that, to my surprise. So, though not where I had hoped to be when I signed up for this Tri, I was very pleased with how it worked out considering my lack of training.

I would probably push even harder, but not having been able to fully train, I kept at a comfortable push and just went with my goal to run the entire 3.1 miles and feel good as I crossed the finish line. Goal attained : )

walking, stretching, water


Having to cut out run training for 5 weeks in the last 8 weeks before this event. My bike mechanical (and user error LOL) issues.


I loved this Tri, friendly athletes and volunteers, great staff and events ran on time. Easy course for a Tri newby - short pool swim, flat bike and run.
I was in the novice division with 18 female novice racers. Swim rank: 6/18, bike rank 18/18 (shoot me now LOL!), run rank: 10/18 = overall rank: 17/18. Bike brought me down, but hey, my goal was to not come in dead last overall and I didn't!