UNC Wellness Super Sprint - TriathlonMini Sprint

This was a pool swim and not a big race so I didn't go hard. Despite having a 20-second gap between me and the guy before me, I caught up and he told me to go ahead at the wall. The next few people did the same. On the last lap the guy saw me coming but didn't budge so I just sidestroked behind him until the end.

Try not to do any pool swims.

Second race I've done this year with no transition times. The mats were there I ran across them. Where are my transition times?

Couldn't shift into the big ring for the first 2-3 miles for some reason. Once I got in, I stayed there and mashed my way over the hills afraid I wouldn't get back if I dropped into the middle ring. Lost my mesh stopper on drinking system when I hit the joint of a bridge. Saw someone else's there too. Third time that has happened despite the way the guy at Inside Out told me to put it in the bottle.

Make sure my bike is shifting properly and just be smarter about the races I choose to run as the promoters were definitely not thinking about safety when they set this race up.

My legs were so tight from mashing in the big ring I didn't loosen up until the turnaround. Then I felt awesome. Someone told me I was smokin' on the way back. can't imagine how with a 28:14, but then that probably has T2 in it not to mention my slow first half of the run. Maybe I was smokin' for me at least!

Make sure my bike is shifting properly.

Not checking my bike out before the race.


Set-Up always does a good job with volunteers and aid stations and post race food and in general everything is well organized on race day. But the run course wasn't the greatest. Had a great time though and met Cletuspapa and his family.