Quad Cities Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I think I had a pretty good swim considering this was my first swim race in open water. If only I had some more OW experience I might have had a better time, but I was swimming all over the place, even went inside the triangle course once.

Practice more OWS concentrating on swimming straight.

When I was setting up for transition before the race in a hurry I forgot to leave my shoes clipped into the pedals so I ran back and put clipped them in forgetting to set my straps how I practiced with them. So once I got on the bike I noticed I had to unstrap first which really slowed down my start on the bike

Again, get to transition set-up earlier to make sure everything is set up properly.

I had a really fun time on the bike. I was hoping for a faster average speed, but I didn't anticipate how hilly it would be.

I learned that I really need to put in a lot of work on the bike to gain more speed since this was my worst leg considering my overall rank.

Maybe could have been a little faster.

I didn't practice transitions too much, I will next time though!

Even though I put a lot of practice into the run, including finishing a half-marathon earlier in the year, coming off the bike was quite tough. My legs were heavy the whole way and I couldn't really get to the pace I wanted. But, I'm still pretty happy with the run since I averaged about a 7:40/mi which included a walk up a short hill.

I think what I really need to do is work on my bike fitness so I can come off the bike with less fatigued legs.

Just some walking around and stretching.


Bike fitness!


I give the race a good review since it's my first and I don't have experience with other races. With that said, I think the race was great...nice setting, good challenge, good activities, and really fun overall.