{"id":2832,"date":"2014-06-16T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=2832"},"modified":"2014-09-05T14:20:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T18:20:52","slug":"race-report-dragonfly-heart-triathlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/16\/race-report-dragonfly-heart-triathlon\/","title":{"rendered":"Race Report &#8211; Dragonfly Heart Triathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I did my first triathlon of the year, a super-sprint. \u00a01\/4 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 2.5 mile run. \u00a0I&#8217;m not going to lie, I was nervous. \u00a0But Kim was with me and we were excited.<\/p>\n<p>This race had a kids tri along with it, so we started the morning by cheering on the kids. \u00a0Well, we started the day by being the first two into transition. \u00a0But that&#8217;s what happens when you can&#8217;t sleep.<\/p>\n<p>I was competing as an Athena, a woman over 165 pounds. \u00a0There were 7 people registered in my category. \u00a0I halfheartedly considered switching to my age group, since there were only three people there, but I didn&#8217;t want to switch groups just for a better chance at getting on the podium, and besides, my luck, I would have been 4th. \u00a0Not worth it.<\/p>\n<p>I forced myself to get into the water as soon as I possibly could to prevent any possible open water swim panic. \u00a0I wasn&#8217;t in a wetsuit, as the water was pretty warm.<\/p>\n<p>The swim started and I felt pretty good. \u00a0I found myself passing some men, who had started 5 minutes before us. \u00a0We were warned that the current was going to pull us to the left (the course went out, left, and back to the shore), so I was very careful getting to and around the first buoy.<\/p>\n<p>Then, something went awry. \u00a0Somehow, the second turn buoy, the one that we were supposed to go around to get back to the shore, broke loose and started drifting further away! \u00a0When I finally got to it, a kayaker was towing it back towards where it should be, but when I sighted the shore, I realized just how far off I was.<\/p>\n<p>With a 400m swim, my goal was to do better than last year&#8217;s 400m swim &#8211; around 12 minutes. \u00a0I really wanted to do it in 10 minutes, but really just wanted to show improvement. \u00a0But I was so far off course. \u00a0Before I got to the shore, I glanced at my watch and I had been in the water for 15 minutes and had swam over 500m. \u00a0Of course, the Garmin could be off, but I was definitely swimming more than I needed to. \u00a0By the time I got out of the water, I was mad. \u00a0After all, some people got the benefit of the properly positioned buoy. \u00a0They were coming straight in from the turn.<\/p>\n<p>Swim time: 16:04 (and my watch says it was an even 600m)<\/p>\n<p>I took that anger and channeled it into speed. \u00a0Ran into transition, my feet were clean enough so I put my socks and shoes on without rinsing. \u00a0Ended up sitting down on the ground after nearly tipping over. \u00a0Worked well enough. \u00a0Helmet, sunglasses, no gloves since it was a short ride (something I would regret later).<\/p>\n<p>T1: 1:23<\/p>\n<p>I set out on the bike much too fast. \u00a0The course was billed as flat and fast and I was doing 19 mph at one point. \u00a0That is much faster than my body can do for any given amount of time, and I started to feel it. \u00a0At this point, I started getting passed by people, both men and women. \u00a0I took some pride in swimming that well that there were still men behind me, but every time I got passed, I got frustrated. \u00a0I tried to stay out of my head and just ride my race. \u00a0I never passed a single person. \u00a0But I also didn&#8217;t get passed by any Athenas, so I thought that was good.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of thoughts went through my head while riding. \u00a0Most notably that I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;m getting a bike fit this week. \u00a0I think when I ride hills, there&#8217;s enough shifting that I don&#8217;t feel it, but on a flat course where I&#8217;m not moving around in the saddle, I definitely could be more comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m riding along, minding my own business, when all of a sudden, I see a SNAKE on the course! \u00a0It was moving like crazy, doing its wiggly snake thing as it crossed the road. \u00a0I yelped &#8220;Snake!&#8221; even though there was no one around me, and made sure to detour around that snake.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, I also realized just how much mud was still on my face from the swim. 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