Beast of the East - Sprint Tri - TriathlonSprint

Goggles fogged really bad and when I rounded the last bouy, the sun was also in our eyes, I could not see at all!

Get better goggles.

Did relay with Tom.

1st race, did not know for sure how hard to push it. Did not know the course at all.

Drive the course so I would know it better.

Stretching, walking.


Need to run more!


We were very disappointed in what we got for our entry fee to this race. It was not a sanctioned race so there were really no rules on the bike course. It was not chip timing. A girl punched in your race number as you went by her. Not sure how accurate that is? Race bags and goodies were good. There were very few volunteers, no post race activities. Post race meal consisted of several bags of McDonald's chicken biscuits and jugs of tap water to serve yourself.

The swim start was the worst I have ever seen. They had power boats out in the water making fumes and noise and the race director was yelling at us from a pontoon but none of us could hear him. Someone told me relays went in the last wave, so I waited. There was just 1 min. between waves which was not enough. I passed several folks in the first wave and it got way too crowded on the back side of the island.

Overall, I felt like they did not provide much for the entry fees. The fee was comparable to sanctioned and chip timed races I have done with much nicer post race meals and bottled drinks at the finish line.