Lake Chaparral Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I pretty much tried to take it easy in the swim since i was sick. I picked up the pace in the last 250m. I stayed with one girl for most of the race.

Not much, this went fairly well. I could have swam a bit harder if I wasn't sick with a cold, but overall I think it went just fine.

T1 is included in the bike time, but I did look at my watch and I think it was about 2 minutes in transition. It would have been a few seconds faster if I didn't wear socks, but my feet have been freezing without them.

I think it went okay

I was trying to do better this year than last with the bike course. i think overall my time was comparable, as the course is slightly different. My first lap around I was very cautious around the tight corners, but I became more confident on the rest of the laps. I was slow and steady up the hill - but I didnt' feel like I was going to die on the hill - which is an improvement.

Still need more hill practice, and I need to work on cornering with more speed and confidence.

This is an estimated time. Had to walk the bike in... feeling tired When I got my bike back to the rack there wasn't any room - had to push 2 other bikes out of the way from my spot. I wore my lace up runners - due to injury this is the best bet for my foot/ankle. Sprayed on sunscreen, but I really needed to put more sunscreen on.

lace locks would have sped it up by a few seconds.

At first I had terrible LLQ cramps, but these went away after about 10minutes. After that though I just felt sick and tired. I did run the first hill and was not too bad until 3/4 of the way around the first lap. AFter that I felt nauseous and I couldn't breathe. I had a few almost panic attacks - resp rate would climb and I couldn't catch my breath. Had to stop and walk. By the second lap around I couldn't even do a 5:1, was down to 1:1 run:walk. And on the second lap the aid station was out of water!! So I felt even more unwell due to dehydration.

I think if I wasn't sick this would have gone much better. Also I needed to drink more on the bike course, and I should definitely take my own water for a 10k and not rely on the aid stations. This was a terrible run... probably one of my worst ever.

walked a bit then jumped in the lake


being sick definitely, and not drinking enough on the bike.


I have done this race 3 times now... not sure if I will do it again - I don't like the setup of the run course aid stations, and they ran out of water.