Why is it you are always excited..anxiously awaiting those race photos and then once they are posted you proudly type in your bib number..the page appears...and you are like "do I really look like THAT". No one said triathlons are a pretty sport; but you're kicking some serious ass so who needs to look pretty right? Me and my favorite running girls took a break from running to train for the Sprint distance Treasure Island Triathalon in November.
We swam for 500 meters..in the bay, Cycled for 12.4 miles and then ran for 4.1 miles. This was my second attempt at a triathlon. My first one was over 4 years ago..an Olympic Distance at Wildflower. My crazy business partner, Mary Beth had talked me into that one. This time around is was easier. Granted it was half the distance and absolutely NO hills or heat to deal with..let's just say I didn't want to die at the end.
Let's compare my times from this year with those from Wildflower...shall we.
Treauser Island : Swim (500 meters) BIke (12.4 miles) Run (4.1 miles)
Wildflower : Swim 1.5k (.93 mile) Bike 40K (24.8 miles) Run 10k (6.2 miles)
final time
01:31:09 (treasure island)
04:40:13 (wildflower)
Swim time
0:14:35 TI (still not happy with this : (
0:50:15 WF (started to hyperventilate and nearly drown)
Swim transition (how long it took to get that damn wet suit off)
0:04:09 TI
0:13:16 WF
Bike Time
00:43:07 TI
02:06:19 WF (ps. wildflower bike course will kill most people!)
Bike Transition (take off helmet, put sneakers on, etc)
00:02:11 TI
00:09:15 WF
Run Time
00:27:07 TI (had to pee on run..should deduct 1.5min: )
01:21:08 WF (peed on this race too..but then nearly died of heat exhaustion
Run Min/Mile (left this stat on here because I impressed myself!
8:44 TI
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