Napier Realtors Richmond Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonMini Sprint

When I sent my seed time in I had forgotten to add the extra minute for the race being in a 50 M pool. Was a bit worried about slowing people down. But it all worked out. Had to let 3 people pass me at the wall. Really not that bad. I knocked 2 minutes off the time from 3 years ago!

I spent to much time chatting with people in the morning before the race, and forgot to undo the velcro on my bike shoes. Cold also slowed me down.

Pay more attention to the set up before the race.

Glad I took the time to put on my wind jacket! Was still chilly out and I HATE to be cold. Going down Robious was great and passed alot of bikes. Once we had to come back up for the water, I started to slow. I knew the hill was a long one so I just geared down and pushed. Played cat and mouse with a big guy from the RTC. He passed me on the down hill and said that it was a great advantage of being large and then I could catch back up with him on the flats. That's just what happened. He knew the course better that I did and on the last few miles pushed hard and got way to ahead of me. By the last few miles my toes were FROZEN!!! I didn't take the extra time to put my socks on and after wished I would have.

Maybe push harder on the bike.

When I tried to put the running shoes on, my feet hurt so bad, from being frozen. When I started to run, it felt like I was running on pins and needles!!

Took me FOREVER for my feet to thaw!!! Once I did I could really lossen up and push. About 1.5 miles into the run I noticed a young girl running with NO SHOES!!! I said behind her that she must be a die hard or just plain crazy. She laughed and told me that when she got in from the bike that one of her running shoes was missing. She took the time to look all around T for it but couldn't find it. She didn't want to quit there so she decided to run without. MAn, I don't know if I would be that crazy!! The last half mile Brian Myers was out running after his finish and paced me! Thankd goodness he showed up towards the end! That's the fastest 5K I have ever done.

Met Kevin at the finish and waited for a few club members to finish. Ate a piece of pizza and hit the road back to the BURG!


I did this race 3 years ago as my second race. I took 16 minutes off the overall time. Even though I had a MTN bike for the last one I still feel great of my time. 10th in the AG is a FANTASTIC finish for me.