Tri Peachtree City Sprint - TriathlonSprint

I was nervous at the beginning, but did a few breast strokes, putting my face in the water and that calmed me down. After that, I did crawl the rest of the way. The lake was CHOKED with weeds, which was rather annoying and I'm sure slowed me down. I got kicked a couple of times, but overall I was swimming my own race the whole time, which was good. After my disaster at Callaway, I needed to have a successful swim here, and I did!

I actually jogged from the lake to the bike, which was great. I felt a little shaky as I was getting changed, so I had a couple of Shot Bloks.

Worked hard on the uphills, but overall pleased with my performance

More hill training!

Two more Shot Bloks. Felt fine coming out of transition, no problems with rubber legs!

I was able to maintain a 4:1 ratio from the beginning, and throughout, which was much better than I did at Callaway.

Hung around with Clark and a new friend, Glen. Ate pizza!


Not enough hill training or speed work.


I thought it was a mistake when I saw I was third in my age group, but USAT does it by how old you will be by the end of the year. I got hardware on only my second triathlon ever--woo-hoo!!! I was pleased with my performance overall; it seemed easier than Callaway, even though the distances were greater. Undoubtedly because I didn't use up every molecule of my energy stores in the first two minutes, as I did in the swim at Callaway!