Hagerstown Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

All my times are estimated, but the swim felt pretty good. I went out really fast, and faded a bit the last 100M.

Nothing, except maybe check my watch when coming out of the pool.

Socks went on a little slowly, otherwise no issues.

I'm still afraid to try sockless.

I felt great leaving T1, and heading south on the course dealt with a little wind, but nothing horrible. Almost got creamed by a couple of vehicles merging onto the I-70 onramp. Not quite as lonely as last year, I probably passed about 15 people on the bike. I really tried to push it on the couple of hills, so I maintained a pretty constant speed for the whole course. Overall pretty uneventful, which is always nice given wet conditions.

Work on building my cadence.

Came into T2 somewhere between 41 and 42 minutes, so I knew that even with a great run I'd be closer to 1:10 than 1:00 for a finish time, which meant an AG placing was getting pretty unlikely. So, just put on my shoes and started running.

Nothing.

The run went really well. I felt fine, and maybe could have pushed a little harder. I was feeling really good about the fact that I hadn't been passed the whole race. Then, with a little less than a mile left, I get passed, and to add insult to injury it's a 35-39 guy. I kept with him for about 200M, and then had to back off. I felt a little better after realizing today that he ended up winning the age group. I did keep him in sight, and really pushed at the end.

Not much. I was a little peeved that the folks at one of the water stations seemed more interested in chatting than in handing out water.

Stretched, drank some water, and went to my car for my traditional post race beer. I had a couple of friends still out on the course, so I eventually went and found them on the run and jogged in with them.


I missed placing in my age group by over 5 minutes, and there was no way I was going to make that much time up. Still, I am thrilled with my overall placing, and am really happy with how things are progressing for me.


Overall a well run, and very friendly race, especially for beginners. Looking forward to chip timing next year, and I'm going to get that AG placing! ;)