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04-26-09, 07:47 AM
Hey all. Yesterday I did my first sprint triathlon and I absolutely loved it. There will be more in my future. Looking back to my training leading up to it, there's definitely more I wish I could have done, but circumstances with work and my gym limited me a bit. I'll definitely be more prepared next time, now that I know what to expect.
Pretty much everything was worse than I expected except the swim. The bike and run courses were hilly and I hadn't really prepared for that too much. All in all it was right about where I expected to be.
Overall Time: 1:45:47.139
Swim: Probably like most people their first time, the swim was what I dreaded the most. The water temp was around 70-72 degrees so it wasn't too bad, but I used the wetsuit I had rented anyway. Glad I did. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but the wake and people made me more uncomfortable than I had expected. As a result I did a bit more breaststroke than I intended as I was more comfortable with that. I still did mostly freestyle. Given that I hadn't swam in 3 weeks leading up to the race, I was happy with my performance here. Swim Time: 0:17:32.442
Bike: The bike was what I was most anticipating. The first 6 miles or so went exactly as I expected. Rolling hills, blah, blah, blah. Then there was THE hill. This one pretty much killed me. After that, I was struggling the rest of the way. The relative rolling hills were now massive hills to me and just plain hurt. I made it, though a little slower than I anticipated, but given the state of me legs, I was just happy to be done with it. Bike Time 0:46:01.517
Run: I hate running. I knew I could gut the run out. No matter how I felt. The first mile and a half was fine. Then came more hills. At about 1.75 miles I had to stop and walk. I had to walk a few more times after making up the hills. I hate hills. Finished the last mile pretty strong (for me) and finished the triathlon. My run time was slower than I'd been doing in training, but really, I just completed my first tri so I wasn't gonna complain about a few minutes. I was beat. Run Time: 0:37:25.990
Pretty much everything was worse than I expected except the swim. The bike and run courses were hilly and I hadn't really prepared for that too much. All in all it was right about where I expected to be.
Overall Time: 1:45:47.139
Swim: Probably like most people their first time, the swim was what I dreaded the most. The water temp was around 70-72 degrees so it wasn't too bad, but I used the wetsuit I had rented anyway. Glad I did. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but the wake and people made me more uncomfortable than I had expected. As a result I did a bit more breaststroke than I intended as I was more comfortable with that. I still did mostly freestyle. Given that I hadn't swam in 3 weeks leading up to the race, I was happy with my performance here. Swim Time: 0:17:32.442
Bike: The bike was what I was most anticipating. The first 6 miles or so went exactly as I expected. Rolling hills, blah, blah, blah. Then there was THE hill. This one pretty much killed me. After that, I was struggling the rest of the way. The relative rolling hills were now massive hills to me and just plain hurt. I made it, though a little slower than I anticipated, but given the state of me legs, I was just happy to be done with it. Bike Time 0:46:01.517
Run: I hate running. I knew I could gut the run out. No matter how I felt. The first mile and a half was fine. Then came more hills. At about 1.75 miles I had to stop and walk. I had to walk a few more times after making up the hills. I hate hills. Finished the last mile pretty strong (for me) and finished the triathlon. My run time was slower than I'd been doing in training, but really, I just completed my first tri so I wasn't gonna complain about a few minutes. I was beat. Run Time: 0:37:25.990