Culpeper International Triathlon - Triathlon

The swim felt very long and slow. I didn't get into a groove until the last third. There were a lot of fast swimmers in the race.

Continue to practice swimming and keep my head down.

I finally got a bit faster in T1. It wasn't far from the lake, but it was a long run up a grassy hill with the bike to the mount line. That was sure to spike the heart rate at the start of the bike. The timing mat was in the middle of this run, so it's hard to know how much was timed to the transition and how much to the bike.

The bike course was fairly challenging with the hills and corners. I never really felt good on the course, but had a pretty good ride. My speed was slow, but the course necessitated this.

Maybe push a little harder.

T2 shouldn't take longer than T1. I need to figure out how to get my socks on faster. I had to run the bike down the grass hill to T2, quite a distance. Then, it was uphill out of T2 for the start of the run.

Figure out how to get socks on faster.

I need to run more hills. Coming out of transition, it took a while to feel good. This was due to the uphill into T2 and the uphill coming out of it to start the run. I felt good on the flats of the run, but the uphills were tough. Overall, it was a good run.

Practice running more hills.

Got pizza and drinks, hung out with family to watch other finishers, including Emily from RTC who finished 3rd in her AG.


I could have pushed a bit more. It was a big change to adjust from the 2 halves I did most recently to the Olympic distance again. The course was more challenging than I expected.


Setup generally puts on a good race. I plan to do more of theirs in the coming years. I enjoyed the challenge of the course, which provided a pleasant change to some of the other races. I also enjoy racing different courses. I would recommend this race to others.