Hawk Island Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The most difficult part of the race for me. It was my first tri and first
OWS with a crowd. I swam pretty straight so that helped.

Relax more. I'm definately gonna start working on my swim.

I felt pretty good here. I passed my brother and cousin in the transition and they both had faster swims.

Nothing, just try to do everything a little quicker.

Bike went ok. Heard "on the left" about 2 miles in and turned to see my grinning brother passing me... I stayed about 15-20 seconds behind until about mile 7 when I dropped my chain while shifting and hitting a hole at the same time. I didn't have to stop but I slowed to about 5mph while I was trying to pedal it back on.

Ride a little more agressively on the hills, I think I held back a little bit.

I've been practicing getting out of my shoes while riding and that went well. However my rack spot was at the other end of transition and I had a long barefoot run to the rack. My shoes kept hitting the ground too. When I got to my rack I racked the bike, slipped my shoes on and I was off.

I would run in my bike shoes if I had a far away rack. If I am closer I would take shoes off on the bike again.

I was a little disappointed in my run. I was hoping to run about a 7:15 pace. It took me a little while to get settled in. I passed a ton of people though and that's always fun. Saw my brother after he made the turn and knew I couldn't catch him.

I need to do more bricks. I only did 2 leading up to the race. I expect to get a lot faster in the run.

Just your typical walking back and forth for 5 minutes.


I wasn't ready for the swim and I didn't know how much I really had in me for the run. I think I could have hit my goal pace in the run, but I need to do more bricks so I'm mentally sure what I can do.


Very fun for my first race. I signed up with my cousin and brother and it was the first race for all of us. We train together and my brother beat me by 42 secs. My cousin finished 46 secs after me. We're all signed up for Anchor Bay, so that should be a good rematch!