Longmont Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

4 per lane. 13 minute estimate for 500 yds was too low. All four of us in my lane estimated 13 minutes and we were all 12:xx for 525 + the time to exit the pool and get to the door where the timing pad was. I started last and passed the other three within 3 laps, but gassed myself doing it.

Have a real time estimate instead of a rough guess, push to go first in the group since I knew I would go out fast but run out of gas.

Took my time and dried off. Figured being comfortable was more important in my first tri.

Run to the bike, skip drying off, not wear cotton socks (they suck when wet), run with bike (maybe, I think I'd want to use my mtn bike pedals/shoes if i'm going to run).

Very happy with my bike performance overall.

I need to get better had high speed cornering, I slowed down a lot for the two corners at the bottom of hills, costing myself some time in each lap. Maybe skip the biking gloves, that would help with T1 time.

I was pretty winded so, I took a little time to drink some more gatorade and catch my breath.

Run to the exit. In my dazed and confused state it didn't occur to me that I could run after racking the bike.

I think their measurements were off a bit, my garmin said the course was 3.2 miles.

I had some stomach issues for the first mile or so.

Train more! This was only the 2nd time I've run a full 5k. I also need to learn to drink while running. I could have pushed harder for the last 1/4 mile.

Did some stretching, walked around for a while, had some chocolate milk, and got a massage. Yay free massages!


No sense of urgency during the transitions (this was somewhat planned as this was my first race), being seeded in a slower heat in the swim than I should have been, some stomach issues before the race and during the run. I need to track my diet more to understand what caused that (may have just been nerves).


I highly recommend this race to first time triathletes. The pool swim makes it much more lowkey and less stressful than an open water swim. The volunteers were all very helpful, the traffic controllers all cheering on the participants was nice. Only negative comment would be security around the transition area seemed somewhat lacking. Especially with the wave starts anybody could just go in and out of the transition area.