Hagerstown Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The swim was very calm and I enjoyed it a lot. The 3 hour wait from the start was hard on the nerves though, but I will take it for such a nice swim format and I got to talk to other inspiring people.

Swim faster in the first 200 instead of focusing on relaxing in the water.

After the swim we had a run out the pool and down a wet grassy hill into the transition area. It was still raining at this point.

Nothing.

I felt the bike leg was my best part of the race. I went hard the whole way. A friend said I passed her fast and I never even saw her although I was looking for her. I took all the turns much slower than normal though since the roads were so wet.

Ride faster if the roads are not wet.

This transition went fine, no problems.

Just try to do it faster.

After the bike segment(and a lot of rain), the sun came out. It got hot and it was humid. I took it easy for the first mile, then picked up the pace a little for the second mile. Then I picked it up more for the 3rd mile and the last 1/2 mile I ran hard. My daugher said, "You were kicking butt mom."

Run faster for that 1st mile.

Drank water and ate a granola bar.


The heat on the run and the wet pavement for the bike. Not having a good aero position on my bike. I will get that done next season.


This is a great race. It started late and had a lack of volunteers due to the stormy weather. As the awards ceremony began (6hrs . after the race started), the last female finisher was walking by. The RD asked for us to applaud her. When we did, she started running, and ran about 300 yds. to the finish line with lots of applause. That was Inspiring!! I had so much fun at this race.