Statesville Rotary Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was worried about only having a 10 second gap between swimmers. I did back off my previous swim time from Riverwood, and that seemed to help. I only got passed by one swimmer, and actually passed one. I felt really good in the water, much better than before.
I thought I had done a lot better than 8:33, but I am not upset. When I got out of the pool, I was not tired, and was pleased.

I just need more time in the water. This was only the third time in the water since Riverwood, and the increase in time is something I thought would happen. In the three weeks since Riverwood, I concentrated more on the run, so I just need more pool time to better my times in this event.

I had a good T1. I was not nearly as exhausted as the last time. I liked that the transition area was so close to the pool.

Very hilly course. Nice countryside, but there were many hills and turns that so I really could not take in the area as I would have liked.

The hills really wore me out, I could not have done much better. Nice weather and lack of traffic really helped.

Good T2 time. One mistake cost me a few seconds as I started out the wrong way towards the bike course.

Walk through the transition areas before I start the race and understand the flow.

I had a goal in mind for this 5K. I did not want to stop running, and would allow myself to walk through the water station, and then start running again.

I thought there would be two or three water stations, so I prepared for that. When I started running, I looked and looked for a water station, only to find one about the 1.75 mile mark. And that turned out to be the only water station.

I wish they would have more, because I knew I needed some water bad. I started getting a headache during the bike portion, and needed to re-hydrate.

The course was nice with a few challenging hills, but hopefully next year there will be more water.

I am weakest in the run, and I am giving up a lot of time here. Still, I did better my time from Riverwood, and hopefully I will have more improvements to come.

I just need to keep on running.

Breathe in - Breathe out - A lot!


Lets see:
Lack of conditioning
and being overweight.

That pretty much covers it.


For my second tri, I thought I did pretty good. I am please with my progress and hope to do a few more this season.