Kokopelli Race Report

Thanks to Alison Renstrom for the following race report/review of the Kokopelli Triathlon!  If anybody did the same race, feel free to leave your comments about it too!

On September 15, 2012, I participated in the Kokopelli Triathlon in Hurricane, Utah.  I chose to do the sprint distance to boost my confidence in the swim.  I have done 5 triathlons so far, and it is always the swim that plagues me.

 I told myself since I only had to swim 750 yards, that I was not going to act like a baby this time and hold back at the back of the pack.  I was going to put myself right up there with the true swimmers and go for it.  This plan worked really, really well for about 7 minutes.  I had swimmers in front of me, in back of me, and all around me.  It was awesome. I didn’t even need to sight because I was surrounded.  But then I completely lost my energy.  Of course I did.So then I suffered for the next 17 minutes and got myself out of the water in my usual style…one of the very last.

It took me about 5 minutes on the bike to feel recovered from depleting myself during the swim.  But after that, all good things biking came together for me and I felt strong.  17.2 mph was a good average for me.  The run went even better with an average pace of 7:15.

BBSC Endurance Sports have been putting together triathlons for years, so it was very well organized.  There was all kinds of support out in the water, the aid stations were well managed, they e-mailed me free pictures they had taken of me a couple of days later.  I only have one complaint… I was really looking forward to a Café Rio catered meal afterwards like they provided for me at the St. George Tri in May, but they had cold cheese pizza for the “post-race meal” instead.  But even with the cheese pizza, I have already signed up to do it again next year.  I am determined by then to be a “true swimmer” for the full 750 yards.

 

Thanks to Alison Renstrom for the following race report/review of the Kokopelli Triathlon!  If anybody did the same race, feel free to leave your comments about it too!

On September 15, 2012, I participated in the Kokopelli Triathlon in Hurricane, Utah.  I chose to do the sprint distance to boost my confidence in the swim.  I have done 5 triathlons so far, and it is always the swim that plagues me.

 I told myself since I only had to swim 750 yards, that I was not going to act like a baby this time and hold back at the back of the pack.  I was going to put myself right up there with the true swimmers and go for it.  This plan worked really, really well for about 7 minutes.  I had swimmers in front of me, in back of me, and all around me.  It was awesome. I didn’t even need to sight because I was surrounded.  But then I completely lost my energy.  Of course I did.So then I suffered for the next 17 minutes and got myself out of the water in my usual style…one of the very last.

It took me about 5 minutes on the bike to feel recovered from depleting myself during the swim.  But after that, all good things biking came together for me and I felt strong.  17.2 mph was a good average for me.  The run went even better with an average pace of 7:15.

BBSC Endurance Sports have been putting together triathlons for years, so it was very well organized.  There was all kinds of support out in the water, the aid stations were well managed, they e-mailed me free pictures they had taken of me a couple of days later.  I only have one complaint… I was really looking forward to a Café Rio catered meal afterwards like they provided for me at the St. George Tri in May, but they had cold cheese pizza for the “post-race meal” instead.  But even with the cheese pizza, I have already signed up to do it again next year.  I am determined by then to be a “true swimmer” for the full 750 yards.