Lone Star Triathlon Festival - Sprint - TriathlonSprint

Going into the race I had planned (practical goal) 15 min swim, 45 min bike, 30 min run and 5 min total for transitions. The swim is where I thought I would get ahead of my time if I was going to. I also thought that I might be able to shave a couple minutes off of the run to get to my personal goal of 1:30. I was extremely disappointed that they canceled the swim. I felt like I was starting out a leg down, so to speak.

swim anyway.

none. swim canceled.

I put up the best bike time I've had (comparing to training). Happy with it. I came out of it well also. Felt like I gave a really good effort and still had my legs under me for the run. A couple of days removed from the race I think I made my best decisions here pretty much by accident. I still had enough energy left to fight the head winds at the end and put in a pretty good run time but I had to push way too hard for the time I put up. I think I was ahead of pace until I hit the head winds, so that's a positive, but for the amount of effort and energy I exerted, I had a pretty crappy time. I attribute part of this to the MTB and part of it to lack of training drills.

1) Drink water instead of Gatorade. It was like syrup. Just nasty.
2) ride a road bike. mountain bike is NO GOOD AT ALL.

felt good about my transition. of course I already had my shoes on and there wasn't much for me to do except rack my bike and take my helmet off and go. so pretty straight forward for me.

run faster, maybe?

did not cramp up like I thought I might which was GREAT. I kept my stride small at first and worked my legs out to running condition. took almost 10 minutes before I was really good though. After that I felt solid on the run. My stomach was a little unsettled. I'll need to work on that in training and get used to taking in gels and liquids while pushing really hard. Didn't do any gels for this one because it's so short but had I needed to, it would have been BAD NEWS for sure.This ended up being a pretty good run for me but it could have been so much better.

1) know the course
2) push harder
3) make better decisions

none really. walked around for 10 minutes or so.


Mountain bike was first thing. I have to drop that puppy. After that, teh bike is my weakest part of the race. I need to find some drills and train with them. Not knowing my distances to the finish or how far I had run. I still had energy left when I finished the run and I could have run harder but was afraid I would peter out before the end. Had I had greater visibility or known the course better, I would have pushed harder at the end.When I saw the finish line and saw that I was going to easily beat my personal goal I didn't push it any harder. There were a variety of poor decisions on the run that were a result of not knowing or being able to gauge my distances. I beat my goal but it was in spite of being poorly prepared instead of because of being well prepared. Had I been well prepared, I could have conceivably taken another minute, maybe even 2 off. BUT this was my first race and I learned a lot about strategy and preparation this race and am VERY VERY happy about it. I set a practical goal and a personal goal(5 minutes faster than the practical) and I beat both, So I'm REALLY happy about that.


Awesome race, all things considered. I was REALLY disappointed about the swim being canceled. It was a safety measure though and you can't fault them for that. I'm sure there were some people who would have been in deep trouble in those waters. fun party atmosphere afterward. Really well run and organized. Planning on doing it again next year!!!! Can't wait.