Appleman Sprint Triathlon Race Report
On Saturday, the day before the race, we went to register. After getting a bit lost we found out way to the venue.
Very easy to register and preview the course. Music and people were milling about and I was able to test the temperature of the water. Everything looked like it was going to be a good race.
On Sunday, woke up and got ready. I felt good and ready to take on the course which I had read was a pretty difficult and hilly route. The family got ready, I finished packing and putting loading the car. There is something about getting ready for a triathlon that is so different than a running race. So much gear and the need to make sure you do actually get everything. Being the veteran of the sport (ok, not really this was my second race) I got all my stuff packed and we were off to the race.
40 minutes later we were parking and dragging all my stuff to the starting line. The 1/2 walk to the starting line felt good and I counted it as my warm up.
I was not nervous and there were only two things on my mind.
- Only three port-o-potties so need to find the right time to get in line
- Should I wear my wetsuit
I picked the right time to get in line for the bathroom and continued to wait in-line until about 5 minutes before the race. At that time , the decision on the wetsuit was kind of already made. I did have time, but I thought to myself “Nah, lets do this thing without it.”
