This is my first year of doing triathlons, so I'm only doing an assortment of sprint tris...basically because at this time last year I was drowning after swimming only 200m. Well, I've come a LONG way in my swimming to the point where I swim about 40 minutes a day and my distances range between 1000m and 2000m. I'm quite happy and confident in my swimming now as I improved a whopping 6 MINUTES between the Huntsville triathlon (22min) and the Huronia triathlon (16min). Most of that is due to confidence (Huntsville was my first ever triathlon), water temperature (I could actually breathe in Penetang Bay), and lots of training.
This weekend I have the Bala triathlon, and I'm pretty excited for it. My swimming has been really good lately (in the pool) and if the temperature isn't ridiculous, I hope to do well. The bike distance is the furthest I've raced to date (30km), but I'm confident that that will be my strongest section. I plan to just go at it as hard as I can as I always seem to do that with a lot of energy left over. The run is going to be difficult, but I've been training with the Kempenfelt Tri Club for the last 3 weeks on running and I'm feeling better/more confident. It is a 7.5km run, again the furthest I've raced, but I know I can do well if I set myself a good/confident pace. Where I really need to improve is in my transitions. I'm HORRIBLE! I end up just taking my time, cracking jokes with people around me who probably don't want to hear them, or I get lost and don't know where any of my stuff is! This weekend I plan on taking the transition serious, not seeing it as a rest stop, but using the first 500m of the bike and run to get my energy back. Should be interesting!
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