Nantucket Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

This was billed as a 1/4 mile swim, but it was definitely longer than that. My time was 14:33, and my last 1/4 mile swim in a tri was 7:28. It was an ocean swim and there was a little wind and the waves were maybe 6 inches in height. That doesn't add up to an additional 7 minutes, though. I hadn't trained to swim for this long, and I think it caught up to me later on the run.

Do more swim training. I'm doing an olympic at the end of August, so I'll be spending more time in the pool.

There was close to a 1/4 mile run from the water to the transition area, part of it through sand. Other than the longer run, transition was ok.

Felt great on the bike. A little tired at the start due to the longer than expected swim. First part of the bike had a headwind with speeds around 22-23. There was a tailwind on the return with speeds around 25-26. Passed about 12-15 people and didn't get passed by anyone.

I drank a bottle of gatorade, but looking back I probably should have taken another bottle to drink.

Rack was a bit messed up when I got back to transition - asked a volunteer to try fixing it as I left. Somehow my Garmin 305 got knocked off to the side and it took me 10 seconds to find it. Could have probably been a little faster overall.

The run absolutely killed me in this race. I started out around a 7 min pace, but about half a mile in I started to get a real bad cramp. This was the first cramp I had gotten in over a year, either in training or in racing. Maybe it was the temp and humidity (85 degrees and nearly 100% humidity) or not taking in enough liquid on the bike, or the longer than expected swim. Either way, I stunk it up big time.

I have run this course in about 21:30, and I went 7 minutes slower. I was hoping to run at a 6:30 pace, but averaged 8:17. Even running 25 minutes would have put me in 13th place overall instead of 32nd. I was so pissed after the run - why a cramp?

I'm honestly not sure what brought to cramp on. I guess I just need to put more training time in in the heat. Due to work, other than on weekends, I can't put training time in during the hotter part of the day. I think getting my body accustomed to heat during training would have helped out.

Walked around and drank a bit and ate some food.


Not really sure - I was well hydrated before the race and even after the race. I think I need to swim more, as I was planning on a 7-8 minute swim - not a 14:33 swim. Those extra 7 minutes could have fatigued me.


The food after the race was pretty poor - rice krispies treats and coke? Where were the bagels? Overall, it was a well run race.

I'm glad that I beat Scott Brown and Jenny Thompson, who were competing in the race as honorees.