My first triathlon indoors

I've been training since October in a triathlon class. On Saturday, I competed against the clock to see how far I could swim in 10 minutes, cycle for 30 minutes and run on a treadmill for 20 minutes. It was my first triathlon event.

I watched the group before me swim. I was surprised to see novice swimmers and intermediate swimmers. I swam too fast to start and felt panic rise from not getting enough breath. I slowed down a little and even turned over to my back to calm down for 20 seconds and kept swimming. Then the negative thoughts started. I got out of the pool and I heard that I had completed 14 lengths at 25 meters each or 350 meters. I changed into my cycling sorts and ran up to the cycling studio. There was a spinning class and the instructor played the music loud and fast. Shouting and urging us to push harder. The ride was fast and hard and I maintained 30 mph for 30 minutes. I believe I covered 15 miles. The run in the treadmill was set at zero incline. I'm used to running at 4-7 incline. I ran at 7.5 - 9. I accidentally hit the stop button once and had to split my time. In 20 minutes, I ran 2.3 miles.

My mood was a little depressed. I had a hard time being excited. I feel better now and I realize that it was a good simulation of a triathlon. I struggle with race pacing and swimming panic. I'm not sure how I will handle myself being in a pod of swimmers and getting kicked, elbowed and splashed. I will learn how to deal with this as it comes up. My next triathlon will be in American Fork and it will be a sprint event.

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