Carmel Sprint Triathlon (formerly Splash, Flash & Dash) - TriathlonSprint

About 50m into swim I realized I should have put down a faster time. Spent the first 250m just trying to pass people in a pool, which slowed me down considerably. Being a time trial start made it difficult since I put a slower time than I probably should have.

Put a more accurate time for a time trial start, so I don't spend over half my time in the pool just trying to work my around slower swimmers.

Walked with my bike and stopped to get on. Took alot more time than needed just to make sure I had everything I needed.

I would run with the bike and strap shoes to the bike so that I can get a better transition

This course was a ride through right through Carmel. The volunteers did a great job of making the riders feel safe on the course. I think I went a little to easy on the bike since it was a realtively flat course. Probably had it in my head that I needed to save something for the run.

I would up my cadence slightly. Ride felt a little too comfortable

Again I took a lot of extra time in this transition just to make sure I was ready for the run.

Would move faster through transition.

Good pace but didn't push as hard as I could have. I was able to go faster than I expected, but after finishing I felt I still had quite a bit left in the tank.

Push harder

Walked for several minutes. Did some light stretching.


This was the first Tri I have ever done so the process of acclimating to the race was the biggest hinderance. Need to work on my transitions to cut unneeded time from my performance.


Was very excited to finish without walking in my first triathlon experience. Also, beating my friend that had been training for over a year and convinced me to do this with him made it that much sweeter.