Ruidoso Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

It was very crowded. Passing other swimmers was a challenge, but I managed to pass quite a few. I had to breathe every stroke on my right side at the beginning just to get my breathing down on the first couple laps. After that I was able to alternate sides.

Not put my goggles on upside down. Other than that I think that swimming in a crowded pool almost on top of each other is good practice for open water swims.

T1 was actually a run to bike transition, since the run was the first leg. I chose not to wear my bicycle gloves, since sometimes I have a hard time removing them. (I think that was a good decision)

Nothing, this transition seemed to go well.

I felt that I did really well on the bike leg, but I don't think my average bike pace was what I was hoping for >15 mph. I passed a good number of people and I usually never do that, so I know that I'm getting better on the bike.

I need to work on keeping cadence at least 80 rpms. Sometimes I forget to pay attention to that.

T2 was coming from the bike going to the pool to the swim. Unfortunately, I forgot my flipflops and I ran barefoot to the pool. It was a good distance to the pool and there was a lot of gravel. (I think this is why my T2 is kind of slow)

Bring flip flops or just run with my running shows and leave them by the pool.

I felt like I didn't do as well on this leg of the race. I don't know if it was because I may have started out too fast or my lack of hill/trail running. Probably a combination of both. I think this was a little difficult anyways.

Do more trail running and some speedwork.

Walked around.


This was a fun race and I liked the changes that they made to it this year. Different route & swim changed to last leg. The course was well marked with a lot of volunteers. This is one that I would do again.