Callaway Gardens Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Did well for first ever swim in a triathlon. Almost entire 400 was spend either having other people hit me or swimming over people. Expected congestion at start but never really cleared out. AT one point got room for clean strokes and looked up to find myself 5 feet right of bouy and had to swim back into congestion to get back on course.

Might have go out slightly faster and consider move all the way to right to allow for more room. Need work on consistently swimming little straighter to minimize need of constant sighting, but i think it will come w/ time.

Pretty quick transition overall,definitely could improve time and efficiency with some practice and some slight equipment improvements.

Would not have spent so much time washing off feet, would take a broom/blower and get ride of all the gravel and loose stones in transition area. With true tri-shoes for bike I would have clipped into the pedals and learn to do a running start etc.

Worked into the bike nicely. Took about a mile or two for me to catch breath from transition and get some rhythm going. Passed several and got in a good groove w/ a pack of guys. Kinda worked together and hopped along pretty well. took turns working. Curves really limit alot of long term speed progress. A little more work and I can see this easily 1 min or so better too.

Not much would do different in race. Can really appreciate the value of the high cadence and shifting. Would benefit greatly from better biking knowledge in terms of when/how to best attack hills etc.

Did a gel at beginning and had emergen C in water bottle w/o a plain water bottle and it made me thirsty. Next time either just water or WATER + sports drink so not thirsty.

Poor warning of upcoming dismount. Got velcro on shoes undone and R shoe unlatched but got caught and couldn't get foot out of shoe. Caused bike to turn funky and needed to slow down some to get control. Need work on mounts and dismounts of bike. This along w/ true tri-bike cleats will make bike start & finish easier and more efficient out of and back into transition

Probably would have just unclipped cleats and run w/ bike vs. trying to get out of them and getting partially stuck, overall a good transition though.

Started off w/ spasm in R groin area that caused leg to kick out to sid every time knee drives up. Stopped and tried to stretch out but I think it was residual effect of biking hard. Never got in rhythm and stopped to walk on 4-6 occassions. Too much negative thinking and lack of physical and mental toughness created a challenge for this portion to be completed. Fairly dissappointed in run as it should be my strength and instead was biggest weakness.

Better mental toughness, learn to workout some of the bike somehow. Felt like crap in alot of ways such as too full kinda of feeling etc.

Need more base running to provide foundation and strength. Wish hadn't stopped.

Felt like crap post race so no formal @ race warm-down. Ran about 20 mins really light and easy around 6pm once home from race @ Lost Mtn Park on trails. Took Alex and Carter with me. Massage planned on monday that i did get. Most of work on legs


Poor running base and stregth work due to being sick, hurting ankle playing basketball, and then bike wreck earlier in week made the impact and getting in the millage tough. Can truely say shoes both bike cleats and racing flats ( or lack thereof) would help imporve alot.


For first triathlon, did faily well. Learned lots, had reasonable time, and now appreciate what it takes to be competitive and work hard. Can tell been away from racing a while since on run wssn't mentally able to stay tough and focused. While in some cases better gear isn't always the answer, being really competitive requires me to have a pair of racing flats to be most effective.