New England Season Opener Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

This was just embarrassing! I'll be the first to admit that I haven't been in the water once since September, so I wasn't expecting to do well, but I completely fell apart, which was unexpected. I started off normally, but within 10 strokes or so, I couldn't get control of my breathing. I ended up having to do most of this doing the backstroke because I just couldn't breathe otherwise. I'm sure some of it was lack of training, but I also suspect that my wetsuit is too small for me after my winter weight gain, so it was quite constricting. Regardless, this is not a moment I want to relive anytime soon...

Not completely choke? I'll definitely make sure this scenario doesn't happen again!

I didn't rush through this as quickly as usual since I was pretty down about the swim and it was raining too.

I knew the bike would be my strongest event today, but with all of the rain, I had to hold back somewhat. It was really difficult to see and there were large puddles all over the place. While I wanted to make up some time, my priority now is the B2B ride, so I wasn't about to risk crashing, especially after knowing that my swim had already knocked me down to the bottom of the pack.

Nothing really, given the conditions, I was pretty happy with my pace.

Had a bit of an issue getting on my running shoes since they don't slide on well when they're wet.

This was okay considering that I'm coming off of an ankle injury this winter. I basically had to start with 1M runs at a 10+ min/mile pace, so the fact that I've improved to this point is encouraging. I still have more work to do to get back to where I used to be though.

Changed out of my soaking wet clothes into mildly wet clothes. Was feeling pretty down about how the race went, so I just left after that...


Any issues I had with this race were my problems, and nothing to do with the race. Max Performance always puts on a good race, and I'll be back for others later in the year. Hopefully I'll see big improvements by then!