So I raced a triathlon

[danceboy]

Does anyone know the correct verb for that? "Raced" sounds wrong, "did" is just a tad generic, "ran" is incomplete...

Anyway, it was good. I didn't drown, and I finished in 1:29:43 (unofficial) over a 1/2 mile swim, 10 mile bike, and 4 mile run.


The last 100 yards or so were on the beach, which was mean, albeit in a kind of funny way. Asking people who've basically just finished a race to run on sand is asking for very athletic pratfalls.

Things to remember for next time (assuming there is one, but not for a year or three...):

1. Try to swim in straight lines. Zig zags are both slower and farther. I'm not sure that I was the last of my wave to finish the swim, but I came in after a bunch of people from the wave that left 4 minutes after me.
   
2. Try not to have a pre-term labor scare over night the week before (or you know, ever).
   
3. Come up with something quicker than "Stuff half a banana in your mouth during each transition".
   

Things that went well:

1. The run. I was tired, My legs were done, but it was only 4 miles. I can do that. I can even do that faster than many of the other athletes.
   
2. The bike. I'm still adjusting to having a road bike (thank you aatish2). I'm pretty sure I passed more people than passed me, but a lot of that was that I swam so slowly that I was biking among slower racers.
   

In all, I'm rather glad I did it, and happy to have beaten an hour and a half.

Comments

[danceboy.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I like it.

Is this similar to the "water fountain"/"bubbler" split?

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

I think it's more like "milk shake"/"frappe."