Shermanator Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The swim was my worst leg of the race which is a little disappointing. Normally this is one of my strengths but it didn't work out well today. I started off too fast and ended up out of breath very early. As a result I was too tired to navigate well and ended up swimming more than a bit out of my way several times.

Start slower and a bit farther back. Keep my own pace and don't let everyone else push me.

Overall the transition was faster than my goal. I had a little trouble getting my first foot locked into the pedal. I ended up starting out with neither pedal clicked in and just dealing with it once I was up to speed.

Trying the shoes on bike trick might be worth practicing but for now I'm just going to deal with it.

Overall the bike was very good. The beginning hills were a little rough because I was still out of breath from the tough swim. Once I settled in it went well and my cadence was right where I wanted it.

There wasn't much I would do differently other than come out of the water with a lower heart rate.

Pretty fast transition. The only thing that took a couple extra seconds was getting out of the cycling shoes and wiping my feet off before putting on running shoes.

The run was tough but decent. I definitely need to start running longer so that a 5k doesn't seem quite so far.

Walked around, grabbed some food, and chatted with family and friends.


For the swim the greatest limiter was good pacing and the adrenaline rush of a race start. For the bike and run, fitness was the only real limiter and I was happy with the speed of both.


It was a good race overall and the turnout was great. There was definitely room for improvement in traffic flow, both of racers and of spectators. Unfortunately I think they are constrained by the amount of room they have at the race location.