Iron Horse Triathlon - Sprint Distance - TriathlonSprint

Let the guy I was sharing lanes with get a few strokes ahead so we didn't beat each other to death. Swim was uneventful. Happy with the swim for the lack of training I have done lately.

More training.

Grabbed towel right out of pool and tried to dry off while running to racks. HR monitor on, shirt on, helmet, glasses, garmin, socks and shoes all on. Went fairly well. Seemed like lots of stuff.

Be faster. Do less stuff in transition.

Really pushed this bike. Plan was to take it easy and save it for the run, but once I was on the bike I pushed it. Passed several people and wasn't passed once. Course was flat and fast.

Nothing.

Got to my spot and there was a bike already there. Moved my bike to the other side of Justin. Otherwise went fairly well.

Get faster.

Left transition and the legs felt a little heavy. Got into the groove and made it to the first aid station. Walked this aid station to get some water in. Ran with another runner until the turn around which was nice. He dropped me just before the turn around to catch a friend. Took a short walk at the turn around aid station. After this walk the legs felt good. Ran the rest of the way in. Really tried to push the last half of a mile. Sprinted into the finish. Really happy with this run considering the lack of run training lately.

More training

Hung out with family and waited for Clayton to finish the Super Sprint.


Training as usual.


Really well organized. Might be getting a little big for a pool swim since there were lots of waves and people spread over the course. Had bikers and runners all trying to share the same lane. With the country portion of the bike and run this could have been not safe because I saw several cars on the race route. Overall loved the course and had a great time. Run might be a little long for a sprint distance, maybe shorten the run or turn it into a true Olympic distance event.