Naperville Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Well It wasn't my best swim ever, but it wasn't my worst swim ever. It was right in between. We were suppose to have 4 people do a running start every 5 seconds. Yeah the first group couldn't count and 5 people went. You should of heard the crowd gasp. It was funny.

I think I should start trying to warm up with a short 300-500 yard swim to help loosen me up. I do feel a little tight when I start the swim normally.

It was a long run through transition to find my spot. It was probably about 1 min worth of running. It still was a little slower than I would of liked.

I need to start working and practicing the fourth discipline of triathlons more.

This has probably been one of my best bikes ever. Even better than the last race. I was happy with the time. The course does get a little crowded on the second lap because of the number of participants, but there is really nothing I can do about this except zig zag through them.

I recognized this name on a tri suit for a kid that I saw and beat at my last triathlon in Wauconda. He passed me on the bike, but I kept him with in distance. When I got to the run, I was able to pass and beat him.

I also so a mountain bike tricked out with some aero bars. That takes some mad skills to ride aero with that!!

Nothing, invest in new equipment but that is a rather expensive alternative that I can't afford right now.

This was a great transition for me even with the long run through transition out on too the course.

Nothing

I felt great this whole run. I passed the one kid I saw from the last triathlon in Wauconda, that passed me on the bike and then just keep on chugging along.

I drank water at 2 of the 4 aid stations. I dropped a cup at one aid station and almost stopped to get it back, then I realized that was a smart thing to do and I can get some more at the next one. This is probably my 2nd best 5k run this year, so I was happy with it.

I need to get some more hill training in there.

I found my mom and caught my breathe. I then grabbed some food. I then went to transition to wait in line for my bike becasue I remembered how long the line was last year.


I think the hard week of workouts and not being a recovery week was probably my biggest limiting factor. I really can't be too upset, I dropped 7mins from last year.


This race keeps getting more and more expensive each year. I think that's because the race director is a WTC one. I don't know if it is worth it to pay $90 to do a sprint triathlon. I do like it becasue it is one of the bigger sprint triathlon in this area, but it is starting to become not worth the money.