Triathlon Beginner

Hello, I'm Sandrine. I am a 19 years old girl motivated to train for triathlons

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Second triathlon olympic distance !!

I am very proud of myself considering the fact that I had a knee problem the day before. 

The swim went by so fast for the 1.5 km, I swam at 2:01/100m which surprised me since I thought I was swimming so slowly.

The bike portion was really hard since my knee was hurting the whole 40 km. I was afraid I couldn’t run the 10 km and that I would need to walk it.

Surprisingly, the run went by so fast and I did my 10 km in 49 minutes. I am very proud of myself since I didn’t think I was going to be able to make a good time at the run because of my knee.

I love racing !!

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Friendly triathlon

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I am definitely the happiest girl. I can’t believe I did an average speed of 39.3 km/h for this segment. I knew I was going fast, but I didn’t expect this at all. For the first time I really went in an aero position ; elbows in, hands in the drops and my back completely horizontal. The problem with me is that normally, when it starts to hurt, I just lower my speed. But this time, I kept telling myself “It is supposed to hurt, it is fine if it hurts”. 

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Throwback to my triathlon on August 23th ! 

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A 76.3 km ride with the guys at Oka ! Did a little hills, total of 510 m of ascension. Was pretty fun.Took the ferry for the second time while riding! 

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Triathlon de Valleyfield

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High intensity session! A speed average of 29.2 km/h, which I consider really really good for me ! Considering the fact that I am a 17 years old girl at her first season of road bike, I am really happy of my result.

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Biggest ride !! 118 km. Went from the west island of montreal to Rigaud for a climbing session. I gave myself the objective for my first road bike season to go to Rigaud. I am very proud of myself that I was able to Climb Bourget's hill. At one point, I was sure I wouldn't be able to finish the climb. I am very happy that for my first season, I did big and long rides !!

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How did your triathlon go? I'm a triathlete too :) x

It went really well, thanks for asking !! And oh nice. :)

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Race day

First of all, I’d like to start by thanking all of you that wished me a good race! It is really appreciated.

Earlier in the day was my first triathlon ever! Since I’ve never done one before, I decided to register to the sprint distance, which is 750 meters swim, 20 kilometers bike and 5 kilometers run. 

I woke up at 4h45 AM this morning since I was leaving my house at 5h30 AM. The triathlon that I participated to is “Triathlon de Valleyfield”. I needed to be on the site at 7 AM to get my runner’s kit. Since my race started only at 9h12 AM, I had to eat my breakfast (which was a oatmeal with berries and maple syrup and a banana) around 6h30 so I ate it in the parking lot where every other triathlete was. 

At 7 AM, I went on the site after I was done eating. They gave me my runner’s kit, my microchip and they marked me my runner’s number on my arms and legs. Before today, I wasn’t really realizing that my triathlon was coming and that I actually registered at a triathlon. When they marked me my number, everything got so real. At 7h30 AM, when I passed to the transition area, everything I was thinking about is the fact that I was actually here and that my race was only 1h45 away from me. 

The atmosphere all the morning was so amazing, everyone was so nice and friendly. I talked with a few other people and the helped me with things since it was my first triathlon and at the beginning I was a bit lost. 

At 8h55 was the information meet right before my start. All the women of all ages that were doing the sprint distance were all leaving at the same time. So we were quite a lot. 

At 9h10 was the time where they asked us to go in the water to go at the starting line. Everything was so real. The race was starting in two minutes. 

All I could hear was the announcer saying “30 seconds left, everybody let’s encourage the women”, and then was the start. The swim passed by so fast. The bike was also pretty easy and it felt good. The run was a bit rough at the end. So lesson learned : I will pass more time to train for my running next time. 

It was honestly a really nice day. I loved it.  I definitely got bitten by triathlon. My objective for next year : Olympic Triathlon. 2017 Objective : Half-Ironman. I’m taking about 5 days off and then training for next year will start!! 

PS: I don’t have the results of my race since I left at 12h30 PM and they weren’t announced yet. I will get them via internet soon.

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The swim was just amazing. Last night, I couldn’t sleep because I was thinking of today and how it would go. I was mostly stressed because of the open water swim. Turns out today that it was the funnest part. Even though I could see all the algae, I wasn’t scared or anything! I actually found it really nice the fact that the water was so clear that we could see the algae. The swim went by so fast. It is definitely the part that I loved the most. After 750 meters of swim (sprint triathlon), I wasn’t even exhausted ! Not once I was thinking about how many distance was left, I was just enjoying the moment.  

PS : Thanks for my dad for all these pictures. 

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I don’t know why I was sticking my tongue out.

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The moment there was only one lap left to go!

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Me setting up my bike at the transition site.

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I am the happiest girl. That’s how I look a few minutes after I was done my first triathlon! Red face, wet hair, sweaty body, biggest smile.

It was so hot outside, I kept putting water on my body/head with the cups they gave at the water station.