Race the Rock, Whidbey Island Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

This was my first OWS with my new wetsuit. It is awesome! I loved the suit. I need to improve my swim.

I need to spend more time in the pool and take a few lessons to improve my form.

The transitions in this race were in 2 different locations. At T1 we had to remove our wetsuits and put them into a bag to give to a handler to transport to the finish line. Then we put on our bike stuff and then headed to the bike racks.

I thought T1 went very well considering the strange setup they had going on.

I was very happy with my bike leg. After driving the course last night, i was concerned about all the hills. The nice thing about these hills was that every time I went up, I also got to come down. The course was beautiful. I look forward to riding it again soon.

My legs died on me with about 2 miles left. I think this was largely due to the lack of training rides of this distance. I would have done better with more long rides, but I am happy with how it turned out.

I was slowed up here because I had to wash a ton of beauty bark and pine needles off of my feet from T1. They didn't bother me on the bike, but would have been rough on the run. I had a pack of sport beans that I planned to eat as I started my run, but I couldn't find them. Turns out that somebody else decided they needed them more than I did. I found the wrapper left in transition after the race.

Hide my sport beans:>)

I thought that I ran well. I did run out of gas towards the end and was unable to run the guy down who was in front of me. Overall, not bad though.

More bricks to help get my legs under me sooner.

Went and saw my family. Ate a bunch of fresh fruit and drank a ton of water.


Lack of long training rides.


This race was great. I won a mini fridge at the award ceremony. The timing results were messed up, so I did not get my 3rd place medal. They said they will mail it.