Buffalo Triathlon - Sprint Distance - TriathlonSprint

My weakness. And can you believe I grew up on a lake as a kid? My breathing was too intense and was thrown off-focus by the chaos, and I went to the backstroke a quarter of the way into the swim. I came out of the water light-headed, dizzy, and lacking energy. Needed to pull myself together.

Practice, Practice, Practice. Especially in open water. I knew before the race that I needed to work on swimming more, but I only started training 3 weeks before when I decided to sign up.

I will be practicing my swimming endurance a lot more and controlling my breathing rhythm.

The poor transition time was directly related to my recovering from the swim. I put on a long sleeve shirt, which I knew would be difficult and time consuming, but I didn't want to freeze on the bike ride.

Work on swimming. Could always get single strap bike shoes instead of triple, but that's more money.

Took me awhile to pull it together after the swim and transition 1, toes were numb from swimming. 5-10min in, I was back to normal. I was able to stay in Zone 4 most of the time, touched Zone 5 on two or 3 of the hills, but barely. Still need to better calculate my Max HR to better determine my zones.

Train more on hills, and work on speed. Do more bricks. Overall, it wasn't too bad.

No complaints.

Could save time by drinking a bit more while moving in transition versus when I am about to leave. Also, I could ride with my feet on top of shoes before the dismount (as long as it isn't wet like it was).

Very pleased with my pace considering how the race started.

Train more, like everything else. :) I was pleased with the run, but know I can push myself harder. Start training more on longer runs, and faster runs. All in good time though.

Walked around for a bit, cheered friends that were coming in to the finish.


My biggest weakness is the swim. First of all, I need to practice a lot more to control my breathing. Secondly, I need to practice more in open water and with an intense start. For the race, I went out too hard, and need to be comfortable with the chaos that ensues in the beginning, in order to control my breathing and rhythm better.

Once I get better at the swimming, this will greatly reduce my transition 1 time as well as give me more focus in the beginning of my bike.


First Tri, so it is impossible to compare. Overall, I thought it was very well organized considering the number of participants. The volunteers did an amazing job!

I thought it was a lot of fun for a first race. It was nice to look at the results and identify areas where I know I can easily cut off time.