Stoneman Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Crash and burn. First OWS and was simply not physically strong enough. Had to flip on back about 75m in. At about 150m had to rest for first time. Ended up resting 4-5 times. Swimming on back would not work as waves kept being swallowed. Cramped badly with 50m left. Overall a very ugly performance that wiped me out for the entire event.

Need to get in the pool and work on form massively. Prior to race had "muscled" 1000m workouts. Was basically worthless today.

Transition was very slow -- walked through in zombie state as I was totally gassed. Did have things well prepared/organized.

For transition, not much. Good job preparing and laying out area.

With being gassed, took it nice and easy on the ride. Around 1/2 way felt pretty good; however, at turn around went straight back in to wind! Did keep cadence solid and did OK.

Need to train more intensely to handle the demands of the bike after the swim. Did keep my cool and hold cadence -- nice job adjusting and not trying to be a hero

Took it nice and easy in prep for run. Again, had organized well / was "easy".

Maybe practice a bit more, but not much different.

Coming out of T2 was feeling poorly, but legs were OK. Settled in to what I felt was my 10 minute pace and was spot on. Actually believe I negative split each mile. Pleased that I kept my head and actually turned in a time that was reasonable.

All in the training -- need to work both more distance and more intensity.

Nice easy walk to catch breath. Recovered very quickly -- but was hurting pretty bad for first 30 seconds.


Poor conditioning on swim. Plus lack of distance base on bike/run. Interval work would have helped with speed, but base lacking was big issue.


Race is very nice -- course is pleasant with lots of shade / gentle hills. I'll be back next year to redeem myself!