Race Report-Tri Red Triathlon
This was another sprint triathlon, my second one. It was a 400 yard swim in the Atlantic Ocean, a 14 mile bike, and a 3.1 mile run. I placed first in my division(Athena), which was really exciting, anyway, on with the report.
My parents had driven down from Maryland on Friday, so that way my mom could watch the girls during the race, and so my dad could go watch the race and cheer me on. Woke up on race morning at 2:30am, drank a click shake and got ready. Loaded up the car with my bag and bike and me, my best friend Loraine, and my dad were on the road by 3:30 am. Transition opened up at 5 am and it was an hour and a half drive so it was a good time to leave. Made it to the race site, got body marked, and set up my transition.
After setting up transition I hung out with Loraine and my dad. Finally it was time to don my wetsuit and head down to the beach. I put on a thick layer of body glide all over before putting on my wetsuit. This was my first time swimming in a wetsuit, I didn't even get to practice swimming in it. I was in the third swim wave, we waded in and waiting for the horn. The air horn went off and arms were flailing everywhere, I was pleased to see I could swim just fine in the wetsuit, and it helped with flotation. The swim was out to the first buoy, turn left and swim past 3 buoys, and finally swim back to the shore. It was a tough swim with the current and the waves, I was happy to feel the bottom again and run up the beach to transition.It was a long run from the beach to transition, but gave me plenty of time to get the top half of my wetsuit off.
Wetsuit came off easily, put on my helmet and shoes, chugged some G2, grabbed my bike and headed out to the bike out. Got on my bike at the mount line, clipped in, and took off. This was a fast, flat course, I really pushed it here. This was my last tri of the year so I wanted to make it count. My usual pace on my training rides is between 16-17 mph, during this race I maintained 19.2 MPH the whole time. There was a turn-a-round at mile 7, I had to push hard to get back up to speed. Right when I was really starting to feel tired the dismount line came up, I unclipped, got off my bike, and ran into transition.
Racked my bike, took my helmet off, put my running hat on, took off the bike shoes, put on running shoes, I skipped socks this time to save a few seconds, put on my race belt, and headed to the run out. It was an out and back run course. I kept a comfortable pace, the ocean was on the right on the way out to the halfway mar****pt looking at the ocean, I had not been to the beach in a long time. When I was morbidly obese I locked myself in my home out of shame, and didn't get out and about to see such beauty. It made the run nice. When I hit the halfway point I got excited because I was almost done, I picked up the pace all the way to the finish. I saw my dad right before I crossed it, he had a big smile on his face. My dad and Loraine found me after my timing chip was removed, and they both congratulated me and gave me a big hug.
We hung around after the race, I wanted to see my time on the bulletin board before we left. In the meantime I picked up my bike and gear from transition and loaded it in the car. They finally posted the results and to my complete shock I had placed first in Athena, the girl in second in Athena came in 5 minutes behind me. Because of this we stayed for the awards ceremony. Got my hardware and more hugs from my dad and Loraine.
This was a really fun race, it was so awesome having my dad and Loraine there, and my mom for watching the girls so we could all go and not have to drag cranky toddlers with us. I will defiantly do this event next year, it was fun yet challenging. Here are my times:
Swim(400 yards) 8:24
T1 3:04
Bike(14 miles) 43:49
T2 1:42
Run (3.1 miles) 25:50
Total 1:22:37
Athena 1/13
Here are some pics:
Shortly before the start of the race
Bike dismount
Coming into the finish
Recieving my award
Thanks for reading, and thanks for all the support!
My parents had driven down from Maryland on Friday, so that way my mom could watch the girls during the race, and so my dad could go watch the race and cheer me on. Woke up on race morning at 2:30am, drank a click shake and got ready. Loaded up the car with my bag and bike and me, my best friend Loraine, and my dad were on the road by 3:30 am. Transition opened up at 5 am and it was an hour and a half drive so it was a good time to leave. Made it to the race site, got body marked, and set up my transition.
After setting up transition I hung out with Loraine and my dad. Finally it was time to don my wetsuit and head down to the beach. I put on a thick layer of body glide all over before putting on my wetsuit. This was my first time swimming in a wetsuit, I didn't even get to practice swimming in it. I was in the third swim wave, we waded in and waiting for the horn. The air horn went off and arms were flailing everywhere, I was pleased to see I could swim just fine in the wetsuit, and it helped with flotation. The swim was out to the first buoy, turn left and swim past 3 buoys, and finally swim back to the shore. It was a tough swim with the current and the waves, I was happy to feel the bottom again and run up the beach to transition.It was a long run from the beach to transition, but gave me plenty of time to get the top half of my wetsuit off.
Wetsuit came off easily, put on my helmet and shoes, chugged some G2, grabbed my bike and headed out to the bike out. Got on my bike at the mount line, clipped in, and took off. This was a fast, flat course, I really pushed it here. This was my last tri of the year so I wanted to make it count. My usual pace on my training rides is between 16-17 mph, during this race I maintained 19.2 MPH the whole time. There was a turn-a-round at mile 7, I had to push hard to get back up to speed. Right when I was really starting to feel tired the dismount line came up, I unclipped, got off my bike, and ran into transition.
Racked my bike, took my helmet off, put my running hat on, took off the bike shoes, put on running shoes, I skipped socks this time to save a few seconds, put on my race belt, and headed to the run out. It was an out and back run course. I kept a comfortable pace, the ocean was on the right on the way out to the halfway mar****pt looking at the ocean, I had not been to the beach in a long time. When I was morbidly obese I locked myself in my home out of shame, and didn't get out and about to see such beauty. It made the run nice. When I hit the halfway point I got excited because I was almost done, I picked up the pace all the way to the finish. I saw my dad right before I crossed it, he had a big smile on his face. My dad and Loraine found me after my timing chip was removed, and they both congratulated me and gave me a big hug.
We hung around after the race, I wanted to see my time on the bulletin board before we left. In the meantime I picked up my bike and gear from transition and loaded it in the car. They finally posted the results and to my complete shock I had placed first in Athena, the girl in second in Athena came in 5 minutes behind me. Because of this we stayed for the awards ceremony. Got my hardware and more hugs from my dad and Loraine.
This was a really fun race, it was so awesome having my dad and Loraine there, and my mom for watching the girls so we could all go and not have to drag cranky toddlers with us. I will defiantly do this event next year, it was fun yet challenging. Here are my times:
Swim(400 yards) 8:24
T1 3:04
Bike(14 miles) 43:49
T2 1:42
Run (3.1 miles) 25:50
Total 1:22:37
Athena 1/13
Here are some pics:
Shortly before the start of the race
Bike dismount
Coming into the finish
Recieving my award
Thanks for reading, and thanks for all the support!
Jillian
Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, Army Wife, 3x Ironman Finisher
First in your division by 5 MINUTES!!!!!
That's the way to GET IT DONE!
Congrats! Super proud of you!
That's the way to GET IT DONE!
Congrats! Super proud of you!
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First 5K race October 4, 2009 (34.59) PR 5/22/11 (27:26)
First 5 Mile: January 1, 2011 (50:30)
First 10K: July 4, 2010 (1:03.26) New PR 4/10/11 (1:01.14)
First 10 Mile: April 11, 2010 (1:46.15)
First 1/2 marathon: June 13, 2010 (2:22.21) PR: 5/1/11 (2:17.30)
First Marathon: October 16, 2011: 5:47:20
Goofy Challenge: January 7-8, 2012
If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right. - Mary Kay Ash
First 5K race October 4, 2009 (34.59) PR 5/22/11 (27:26)
First 5 Mile: January 1, 2011 (50:30)
First 10K: July 4, 2010 (1:03.26) New PR 4/10/11 (1:01.14)
First 10 Mile: April 11, 2010 (1:46.15)
First 1/2 marathon: June 13, 2010 (2:22.21) PR: 5/1/11 (2:17.30)
First Marathon: October 16, 2011: 5:47:20
Goofy Challenge: January 7-8, 2012
If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right. - Mary Kay Ash
Way to go, Jillian! Love the pics!
Jenny
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