Cooper Summer Sprint Triathlon at Craig Ranch - TriathlonSprint

Too many people bunched up, having to pass multiple people, couldnt get into any kind of rhythm

Put in more realistic time, maybe a touch aggressive, make some pass me, rather than me passing everyone else

Overall, the speed felt about right, took too much time getting clipped in

Hmmm not sure what I could have done... maybe not put on socks

Bike speed felt ok, took too much time to get heart rate back down from swim

More training to increase speed to 20 mph or higher, more aggressive time for swim so I can get into a better rhythm, so heart rate isnt so high going onto bike

Feet out of bike shoes onto top of shoes, rather than unclip

Again heart rate and breathe gone going into run, took about a mile to get them back down to comfortable level

More interval training for better speed, pick it up more at the end

Sat down in the grass in the shade, tried to keep from puking


Lack of training


Very nice facility, well organized, tons of volunteers. I met Dr Cooper, very nice guy. Will definitely do it again next year. This was my 2nd sprint Tri and all of my times improved: Swim from 2:14 to 2:04 per 100yds, bike from 16.8 to 19.0 mph, run from 9:42 to 8:59 min/mile.