Catskill Mountain Multisport summer sprint series - TriathlonSprint

Really good swim for me, especially considering the lack of training this month. I was comfortable, yet felt like I was pushing my pace. Sometimes I have problems swimming straight, but I think I did a really good job with that this time.

Maybe I could've drafted more, but overall there wasn't much I could've done better.

I had some difficulty getting the wetsuit off, which slowed me down a bit here. I'm not sure what the exact time was because the transitions were included in the bike time.

Get the wetsuit off faster.

Because the transitions times were included in this, my pace was most likely above 20mph, which is pretty good for this course. I rode my new bike for only the 2nd time and boy was that fun! I really felt like I was going fast the whole time. I passed lots of people and didn't get passed by anyone.

Not much, I think I did well.

Much better transition here. I only got one foot out of the shoes but that didn't turn out to be a big issue at all.

Get both feet out in time.

This wasn't my best run ever, but over 8:00/mi doesn't seem right, so I tend to agree that the course was long. I started out going very hard which may have been a mistake. I didn't realize how tough the course really was. In the last mile my quads started cramping up and wouldn't let me pick up the pace even though I had someone in my sights. Then I twisted my ankle on some slippery rocks and after that I pretty much just put it in cruise control just to make sure I finished without killing myself.

Now that I know what to expect from the course I may be smarter about were to use my energy on this run next time around.

Chatted with some friends, stetched a little. Had a home brewed beer from B.A.D. brewing :)


Poor race strategy on the run, but that was probably only the difference between 9th and 10th


The Catskill Mountain Multisport group did a fantastic job putting this race on. They made the most of their limited volunteers, and set up a challenging but fun course. Alot of good athletes were here to race, and I was lucky to even place in my age group as the top 2 from 20-29 were the top 2 in the entire race and are very very fast guys.