Race review - local sprint tri

[shorewife]

I've been training for age group tri nationals next weekend (olympic distance) so I thought this race would be a good sanity check.

Swim (1/4 mile): 10:43  I felt really good on the swim.  I decided against wearing a wetsuit because it makes me feel like I'm suffocating and this helped my comfort level in the water a lot.  Run up the beach and across the road and then into transition.

T1: 2:32  Seems about average

Bike (11 miles): 35:13 (18.7mph)  Flat and fast course with very little wind.  I have been killing myself to improve on the bike and wanted to ride this course between 17-18mph so I'm pretty happy with this.

T2: 1:04  Also seems about average

Run (5k): 25:08  (8:07 pace)  This is actually faster than I've been running my local 5k race series runs so I'm pretty happy with this too.

Overall time 1:14:03.  Definitely a PR for me!  The only thing that I'm really disappointed about is that I STILL can't even beat half my age group in a local sprint tri - I was 8th out of 14.  Now I really feel like I'm going to get killed next weekend in Milwaukee.

[trigal]

Hey, nice job!! I wish I could run 25:08 in a triathlon! Everything looks good. And, really, who cares if you get killed in Milwaukee. It's the experience that's important! Good luck!

[Susie]

Nice bike and run! I bet you could shave a little time off your T1, but great effort!

Some age groups are just really freaking competitive. Try not to get down about it. I usually place higher in terms of top however many % in women overall than my own age group

[keweenawlove]

Nice job! I'll be in Milwaukee getting killed with you!

[joenali]

Aug 5, 2013 8:54:49 GMT -5 trigal said:

Hey, nice job!! I wish I could run 25:08 in a triathlon! Everything looks good. And, really, who cares if you get killed in Milwaukee. It's the experience that's important! Good luck!

Right?? That is an impressive 5k time!! Nice work!!

[kams]

Great job!! I agree, Milwaukee is more about the experience. Have fun!!!!

[sadlebred]

Great job!!

[shorewife]

Thank you - you all are making me feel much better

[Wines Not Whines]

You had a great race! You must have a very competitive AG, because your times seem very fast to me.

[So_Fetch]

Sounds like you did awesome! I'm so jealous of your 5k time.

[shauni27]

dude, that is an awesome time! Each of your legs looks fantastic, far better than I could do for a stand-alone event, let alone a tri!