North Shore Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Really slow swim. Swim, reef crawl, swim. Rinse and repeat. Was pushed around by the incoming waves.

Try to avoid the reef.

Didn't realize just how cruddy my feet would be with all the sand, dirt, and dried grass that I had to clean off. Wiped my feet on my towel but it wasn't enough. Getting my helmet and shoes on was easy and had a really short run out to the mount area.

Bring an extra bottle of water to wash off the crud from my feet.

I have to say I was disappointed with my speed. For a much shorter and generally flat course, I was unable to break the 20mph average that I was able to do for a 40k.

Get in more training rides.

Ugh! Had a real rookie mistake when I hopped off the bike and headed down the wrong row of racks. Headed to where I could have sworn my gear was and couldn't find it. Took me a bit of time to realize I'd gone down the wrong row. Once I'd found my rack spot, getting on my gear was faster than in my previous races.

Don't forget where my rack spot is located.

Was pleased with how I did. Managed to negative split and felt I'd pushed as hard as I could on this day.

Train to improve my speed.

Had some water and fruits. Walked to cool down. Met with fellow BTers.


I came into the race undertrained. Work interfered with my training since the Honolulu Tri. I think if I can get good, structured training in for my remaining events this year I'll be able to better my performance.


I enjoyed the race except for the swim. I could have done without all coral, but it's par for the course on Oahu's north shore. Will probably do this race again in the future.