Things I learnt from my first sprint triathlon - very long!

[Catrin]

Congratulations LPH, and glad you didn't find the Kraken! Great finish, and thanks for letting us know how things went!

[lph]

Thanks for the nice words The results are out now, and I can see what I already knew - I'm about a zillion times better at biking and the logistics in transition than at the rest. Being a mother helps with that second bit.

Only 117 women actually started. I had 16 spots to myself in the transition area I placed:

80th in the swim - I find it hard to comprehend that anyone could actually swim slower than me, but here you have it.
13th in T1
5th! in the bike, and 3rd in my age group!
17th in T2
23rd in the run

All over 21st, 8th in my age group. Turns out the lovely lady with the light feet was a wellknown earlier elite skier, which gave finishing right behind her a little pizzazz.

I can obviously do a lot better on the swim, but I'm not sure how to get control over my breathing. I think maybe hearing everybody else panting made it harder for me to slow down and take deep breaths. But handling stress is something I struggle with otherwise too, I very easily lose sleep and appetite if something is coming up.