Issaquah Triathlon 09 May 30, 2009

Pre-Race: Ahhhh, 1st race of the season! Woke up at 5am. Ate a bagel with cream cheese and OJ. Arrived at race site. Ran about a mile or so to warm-up. Swam a little...nice warm water. Felt good. I had planned to eat a pop-tart, but forgot. I drank a bottle of water. Oh, and the weather was perfect. It was beautiful.

Swim: We were off. Feet kicking, people pushing. Craziness. I did this tri last year, but, swam on my back. This year...the crawl! I have been in swim class nearly a year to learn how to swim. And, Yay, I did the crawl the whole way!! Since this is my first swim with the 'big pack' of swimmers I learned that there is an awful lot of pushing during this part. I need to think of a different strategy for next time. I want to be more in front next time, and probably to the side. Time: 6:54

T1: OK. Time: 1:59

Bike: I got a new bike ~ 20 days ago. I love my new bike. I loved this part of the race. I had fun!! Only downside was the no-passing section at the end. Even before the no-passing zone I got stuck behind a fat guy with gas. This really stunk in more ways than one. Time: 39:38
















T2: Struggled here with being smooth. Time: 1:18

Run: Now I know that this is a sprint tri and nutrition should be a non-issue. Yet, somehow, I made it an issue. I had put Cytomax in my nifty new aerodynamic sports bottle. I drank a lot of it (it's so easy to drink now in my aero bars). I usually drink water. But, I thought, I didn't want to eat a gu, so, I'll put Cytomax in my sports bottle. Well, that was dumb. My stomach was a sloshing mess and I felt like my run sucked. Bummer because I even like the uneven surface of the trails instead of pavement. But, my stomach was not havin' it. Time: 23:44








Time: 1:13:33. 8th of 88 in AG. Waaaaay better than last year (like by 14 minutes) which makes me very happy. But, not the run part of the race that I was hoping for. It was, however, nice to be part of the Jill Fry Tri Team and to see my friends from swim class out racing.