Pat Griskus Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Started way too far back. It was a nasty all the way out and most of the way back. Couldn't find any open water. Navigation was okay on the way out, on the way back i think i crossed the center lane and went all the way to the other side of the bouys for the wave the started on the other side.

Start farther toward the front. I don't have enough confidence in my swim. I'm a much better swimmer than i think i am. There are a lot of people who don't swim very well.

Still have MTB shoes that tie, so shoes on first. It was very congested getting out of the transition area. Had to wait to get on my bike.

Um, not much until i can get some new shoes that i can leave on my bike pedals.

so, overall i placed 229 (up from 308 in the swim), but still the same basically for my age group ? Middle-aged guys must be good cyclists i guess.

Not too much

knocked the bike in front of me off when i racked mine, so i had to put it back on the rack. Also, stopped to take a drink - maybe try to drink more toward the end of the bike next time so i can skip that.

Took it very easy, worried about bangin' on my hip. pushed a little harder on the way back up the hill. Had a lot left for the end of the race. Never gasping for air at all. Very comfortable run.

Hopefully next time i'll be 100% and can push harder on the run. I was very happy to be able to complete the run w/o an pain.

Little stretching. Packed up the car, grabbed a burger and a hot dog which i ate on my way back to the car so that i could drive 40 minutes to pickup my daughter at her cheerleading practice (made it by 1 minute).


lack of skill, talent, training. Being old, slow and injury prone.
Seriously, this was my first tri of the season and i've been battling an injury so i was very happy with my bodies ability not to fall apart. I just tried to relax during the swim, tho i did a poor job sighting, I pushed hard on the bike and took it easy durig the run. This is basically how i had planned it so I'd say everything pretty much went according to plan.


This was an incredibly well organized race. Tons of volunteers. I like that there was a bathroom facility instead of just a bunch of port-o-lets. The race director is fantastic. Numberous emails pre-race. Announced all the race instructions, waves, transition area info it seemed like every 15 minutes. I guess after 15 years (or was it 18?) they really have it down.