MCBH-Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Started near the back of the pack; fought all the way to the first buoy. Did more breaststroke than freestyle due to close proximity of participants; had to use sidestroke as well. Didn't feel completely comfortable in the water because there were so many people around.

Practice more like the real thing; swim in open water once a week.

Since I was riding my mountain bike, put gloves on; didn't really need them... took away from getting started; too much time wasted.

No gloves.

Mountain bike was very slow. Bike shifted hard and was just a bear to keep moving; definitely need a road bike. Not sure how shoes would affect it, but it was definitely below average from what I would be able to do on a road bike. Ate sports beans during first loop... slowed me down fiddling with the package; didn't need them in the long run. Energy expenditure wasn't enough to warrant usage.

Road bike, no gloves. No sports beans or food. Drinking tube may be useful to keep pace going.

Transition was ok; took longer than needed, considering I didn't change shoes.

Watch videos on tri transitions.

Legs felt like bricks all the way to the top of the hill; didn't take water at turnaround point. Legs worked themselves out by the 2 mile mark; was able to push through to the end. Pace was less than 8 min/mile, which is better than an average run without all the other effort.

More brick training to get legs used to running after the bike (brick feeling could have been amplified due to effort on mountain bike.)

No real cool down performed; ate oranges, drank sports drink.


Mountain bike, definitely. Need to do more dual-even training, in order that events occur during the race.


Don't have too much to go on, considering it was my first event; enjoyed it and plan on doing another one soon.