Frantic Frog Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Started almost in the back of the field, with many many slower swimmers in front of me. So, I had to do a bit of weaving around and crawling over other people. Didn't really get into a great rhythm, but felt good.

When registering, would put a slightly better time than I expect so that I could push myself and have open water.
Really need to work on sighting!

Really need to practice transitions... Felt like socks and shoes went on well.

Again, race number pins fell off jersey, need to get race belt. Also helmet buckel took a while to put on, wasted a few seconds or more.

Overall, felt the bike was pretty good. I didn't go too hard as I wanted to save some for the run, so that my legs wouldn't cramp up again. I could actually get in the aero position on my bike without aerobars, but definitely need to change seat height for that. Tried to stay aero as much as possible. Had a gel at ~3/4 mark of course, which I felt was the perfect time.

Train for the run after biking, refit my bike for triathlons, use the lube stuff for my legs, drink more water.

Better about starting to un-velcro straps earlier, got one foot out. Other foot unclipped while doing it, so I lost a shoe for a little while which cost me some time. I did a good job of getting my running shoes on quickly.

Again, really need to practice transitions. Especially the unbuckling of shoes and riding on top of shoes.

Started off slow with short stride... trying to avoid calf cramps. After about the first 1/2 mile, I started to pick up the pace to my normal running pace. Felt great during the run, and by the last mile was really pushing it. I was amazed at how well I did, despite very little running these past few weeks.

Train for the run after a long bike.

Pizza, cookies, ice-cream sandwiches! :)


Extremely soar from earlier in the week training. Would have prepared for the race a little better, with a taper at the end of the week. During the swim and bike, I held myself back a little so that I didn't hit the wall before the run, which I was worried about.


Most organized race we've been to so far. We real liked the atmosphere of the post-race, especially with the jumbalaya and music!