Belly of the Beast Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The race start was delayed several times. My routine of eating a gel 5-10 min prior to the start was shot when they delayed the start due to first the buoy floating away and then for the last of the HIM swimmers to come in. Due to the weather and the rescue boats there was a good deal of chop that I was not ready for.

Get more practice in the rought water environment.

The swim kicked my butt, it was raining and cold, I will fully admit I had decided to do this race to complete due to the weather. I took my sweet time getting myself all properly situated and ready for a long wet bike ride. We also had to place all of our non bike T1 items into a bag to be taken to the finish area as the park required the Transition be cleared out after the last swimmer left the water.

Hard to say the suit came off perfictly if the weather was better I think I would have had more motovation to go faster.

It was a very wet course with lots of hills I took it slow and steady to be safe due the rain. I hit a few slick spots but maintained my balance and didn't go down. I regret that I did have to walk a few times but I was not alone. The bike course for the sprint changed from when I regestered, it got 3 miles longer and a lot more hills.

Climb more hills

Everything was wet soaking wet feet don't go into the running shoes that well, I had to sit down to get them on.

Not much can be done when the weather gets involved

This run wasn't my best not much more to say, I walked more than I wanted to.

Need more running training.

There was plenty of voulnteers and overall the race was pretty good. The events being delayed, to me was beyond the control of the organizers.