Hawk Island Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was a bit nervous about the swim. I haven't been able to sight well during practice. Also my goggles fog up a lot. I was pretty calm for this swim. I kept a pretty good line and didn't get off course. It's a bit easier to sight when you have a line of people in from of you all swimming in the same direction. The swim back in was directly into the sun. My goggles were fogged, so I was having a hard time seeing where I was going. Overall a "ok" swim for me.

Learn how to sight better. More practice. I've never been that good of a swimmer, so I don't know how much I can improve.

Pretty slow transition. But since this was my first one under race conditions, I guess I did ok. I had trouble getting my socks on because my feet were still a bit damp. I didn't forget anything, so that was good.

More practice of transitions. Try to keep my balance a bit better. Make sure to dry feet off better.

I felt like I pushed pretty hard on the bike. I left a little in the tank for the run. The hills weren't too bad. The road got pretty bumpy on Mt. Hope and Beaumont. Overall a nice bike ride for me.

Looking back, I wish I would have pushed a bit harder. I also didn't use my aero bars since I just put them on the bike a week ago, and wasn't comfortable using them yet.

I need to get faster on the bike. Losing weight should help that.

Another slow transition. I was running with my bike shoes on so I didn't want to run too fast and wipe out.

Practice transitions more.

I felt like I was running so slow for the first mile. My legs just weren't there. After they started working, I was able to keep up a nice pace. I'm very surprised I ran as fast as I did.

Trust my legs and just run faster. More training and losing weight will help.

None. Just hung out with the BT crew. Stood in the long line, with Jamie, for free race food.


My weight and lack of experience.


This was a wonderful race for beginners. I couldn't have asked for anything more for my very first tri. I'm hooked and will be doing this race every year!!