Midwest Mayhem Triathlon - Sprint Distance - TriathlonSprint

The distance posted here is almost certainly wrong. The online registration said 500 meters but the map said 600 meters. I doubt it was 546.81 yards.

I started well for me but had trouble keeping my breathe for the last 200 or so and had to switch between free and side stroke. I kind of bummed by that but oh well!

Train more. More OWS.

Went pretty smooth. I tried to be quick without rushing. I'm sure it could have been a hair faster but I'm not disappointed with my first effort.

Practice and pick an isle bike slot.

Again, not sure on the distance because my bike was telling me 17.1 but the records show me at 22.4. Pretty sure again it was not 16.77! I think they have their distances wrong in their calculations.

I was more winded coming out of the swim that I thought I would be. Stomach cramps early on the ride but settled quickly. Some of the hills were a bit tough but nothing too serious. I did not know how much to save for the run and probably could have pushed a bit more.

Push a bit harder. Take nutrients?

Got a bit flustered here. A guy was giving me encouragement as I was racking my bike. Among his comments, "good work, looking good, you are one of the last in your age group." Wait, what? I knew I wasn't blazing any trails but his comments confused me. Up until this point I had done a good job of racing my own race. This flustered me and I was thinking about where I was in the pack and was starting to feel down on myself....leading to:

Oops. Forgot my race belt. I rushed this one and made a mistake. Luckily it amounted to nothing in the end.

Move quickly without being rushed.

I was feeling a bit down after the transition and the steep hills right of the bat didn't help. I was able to change my mindset about a mile in and really started to enjoy things again! I fell into a good pace for me and enjoyed the bulk of the run. I was able to finish with a decent kick.

Train more!

Hugging my wife, petting my dog.


The fact that I started training at the very end of May (short training time), a couple of setbacks that kept me out of the pool.


There were apparently some issues with race course markings and some people were thrown off. I did the course in practice so had no issues but I can see where they could go wrong. I'm also skeptical about the results as some of the times and/or distances were surely off.

There was definitely nothing flashy about this race (everyone had the same color race cap regardless of wave, etc) but I didn't really care all that much. I would consider doing this race again but I'm not sure it's the best value for the $ out there.