Coteeman Sprint Tri Recap 2013

The Coteeman Sprint Tri is a small, local race with a lovely, safe pool swim.  No creatures from the black lagoon lurking beneath my feet.  No need to freak out because of the swamp water smell or murky waters all around me.  I grew up swimming and playing in Florida lakes but the one tri I did with a lake swim, freaked me out!  Anyway...back to the clear, non scary waters of a pool.

This was my second time participating in the Coteeman Sprint Tri.  I must admit that I didn't train as much as I should have.  I was running, biking and swimming as my usual exercise, but I didn't put them together and do any bricks.  It was a pool swim so I knew I'd survive.

We even bought fancy sTRIders tri suits!

 

 

The short pool swim was great.  I was in and out and on to transition 1.  I know I need to work on speeding up my transitions times.  I'm too particular to get in and out of transition quickly.  I actually left grass on my feet this year instead of wiping it all off before I put my socks on my feet.

 

I was off on the bike portion.  For this course, we had to bike two loops before finishing the bike miles.  On the first loop I caught up to my hubby Mike.  That wasn't a good sign because he started his swim before me and is faster on the bike.  He was sick and having a hard time breathing.  He decided to take a DNF (did not finish) after the first bike loop.  I was sad for him but kept on pedaling.  After my two loops, I biked back to transition.

 

I felt like I had a million accessories switching from the bike to run.  I had to remove my helmet and bike shoes and put on my Garmin, hat, sunglasses, race belt and running shoes.  With that done, I was ready for the final run part of the tri.  I finished faster than last year but not quite as fast as a normal 5K.



 

 

I beat all of my times from last year.  I won 3rd place for my age group this year!  Woot! Woot!  Last year, I won first place for my age group but had a slower time by 3 minutes.  My boys were confused by that.  I explained that there was steeper competition this year.  

The sTRIders cleaned up this year with members taking first place over all for male and female.

Overall time - 1:07:30
Swim - 3:50
Transition 1 - 2:48
Bike - 29:34
Transition 2 - 1:49
Run - 29:32

Revolt Week of June 10

I was off track with my Revolt diet for the past two weeks.  It all started with the stomach bug week when I didn't feel like eating and lost 3.5 lbs.  Then when I felt like food, I wanted bland things like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and toast and cinnamon bread.  I ate a lot of bread and not the healthy wheat kind.

I'm back on track now and have committed to myself to stay on track!  It's summertime in Florida so that's lots of time in a bathing suit.  We're also going to Jamaica in a couple of weeks where I imagine I'll be living in my bathing suit and not always sober enough to remember to suck in my stomach.  It's an all inclusive resort!

I've started running again too.  I don't have any big races until the fall but I want to increase my pace.  I will be participating in a couple of sprint triathlons including Coteeman and Iron Girl Clermont.

Here are my numbers for the last two weeks.

There are really no changes from my slacker weeks.  A little weight gain but I'm ok with that after my unhealthy 3.5 lbs loss because of the stomach bug.  The important thing is inches and body fat loss.

Are you working on your bikini body for a special summer trip?

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Disclaimer: I was given a free membership to Revolt Fitness in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.