4th Annual DQ Triathlon at Medford Lakes, NJ - TriathlonSprint

Not disappointed with the efforts or the results. This is by far my weakest part of the race and with the time constraints on this year's training - I'm please with the outcome.

Same thing I always harp on myself - train MORE!

Not sure why my time slowed down so much from last year. It was a completely different setup and since I got to the race so late, I didn't have a very good selection for racks to pick from. Not the race director's fault - clearly my own and I need to roll out of bed fifteen minutes earlier.

Have to figure out my setup better. Clearly there is ALOT of room for improvement in these areas.

Not sure if this was the same course as last year because that one hill was bigger and had a more prolonged incline than I remember last year. Again though - my time constraints for bike training was severly limited and the extra effort to get near my last year's time may have changed my perspective

Train . . . Train . . . TRAIN ----> but in all seriousness, very pleased with the outcome. Hard to be disappointed and get down on myself to commit serious training time to the swim and bike when the effort felt good and the results weren't spirit crushing.

Not bad in this transition. Did add 4 seconds to last year's time but that's from drinking some Gatorade at the rack and the poor position in the transition area.

Not too much here. This transition time was good for 142nd place but when ya have guys and gals making the transition in under 30 seconds, its hard to be overly disappointed with a somewhat close time to the pros.

Course was definately different from last year's. The run is undoubtly my strongest area and I'm a little disappointed with this effort. There was ALOT of gas left in the tank when I crossed the finish line and not too sure when there wasn't more of an urgency in the run. Actually think the Garmin Forerunner hurt me because I kept looking at it to gauge my speed by the GPS calculator and not by my perceived effort.

The technology is ultra-cool but I think I'll leave the GPS out next time. This whole thing is trial by error (i.e. MP3 player in the Broad Street Run) but I should know better than to carry extra equipment with me that isn't really needed. Still, it feels great to run under an eight minute pace when there's fellas at work who can't run 1 mile in under 8 minutes without the swim and bike segments.

No secret here - instead of spending so much time at work and in the work commute, get serious about your training and get the workouts done when they're scheduled to be done. It'd be nice if you'd get real serious about the Triathlon and see what ya can really accomplish someday.


Said it last year and I'll say it again this year. Without a doubt - NO questions asked - truly, truly, TRULY love this event. Would like to see the race clock at the finish line make a return appearance next year and hope the parking situation gets squared away sooner or later but I will most definately be back next year to improve on this year's effort / time. CONGRATS to Chuck Sellers who did a GREAT job as race director again!!!!