Lake Waramug Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The girls and relays went first (yay!) so I tried to scope out a few college age swimmer boys -easy to find since they don't wear wetsuits and usually wear a speedo lazer type suits. When the gun went off I went out with about two other guys and started drafting off of them, but they slowed down by the first buoy and I took the lead. My stroke for the first time this season actually felt good - smooth and fast! Then headed to the first turn buoy and trie my best to find the second turn buoy which was directly in front of the sun -so it kind of looked like an eclipse. Luckily it was only about 25-50 yards and then back to shore. There was a big dead tree and a tall pole that was easy to spot just to the left of the swim finish so I aimed there and headed in.

Nothing.

was able to run into T1 and get out of my wetsuit pretty quickly. Decided to not use sunglasses (ended up not needing them- so good choice). However, it took me forever to clip in - my right pedal was down and I had to pull it up before taking off - likely only lost a few seconds but felt like an eternity.

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Was on my own for the first few miles and had a police car excort. This would have been good, but he was so far up the road that I could not make out what the turns were like. I definitely was on the brakes way too much and lost about :30 to a minute of free time. During the flat section the first relay passed me - a woman who was flying! I tried staring with her for a while, but didn't want to blow up. Then another relay - a guy passed me and we ended up going back and forth for the next few miles. I passed him on the steep hill and he passed me back with about 1.5 miles to go - at that point my legs were cooked from the hills and the heat and I needed to conserve a little energy for the run.

Be more aggressive on the downhills

Should have popped the shoes off, but only practiced a few times before the race and didn't feel comfortable with it yet. Luckily my bike was racked about 10 yards from the bike exit so I don't think it slowed me down too much.

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My legs were cooked from the bike and going up the hills I marched more than ran! Luckily the course is set up so that you can check out the competition pretty well, first at the field about .5 miles in, then up one of the trail hills and finally at the 2 mile turn around. I felt awful during the run and it was HOT! Luckily I was pretty sure I had a sizable lead and sure enough I didn't see any other women at the first two checkout areas. I was super happy when I got to the pavement (I'm not a good trail runner) and chugged away knowing I only had about 14 min to go. At the turnaround at mile 2 I checked my watch then saw the first woman about 2.5 minutes back - so about a 5 min lead. Thank goodness! I could probably walk to the finish and still make it there first. I got to the finish and was relieved to be done. That was a tough sprint! Reminded me of Alcatraz a bit. Found out during the awards ceremony that I broke the course record :)

Don't slack off because I have a lead.

I congratulated the lead men and stayed around to cheer and congratulate the 2nd and 3rd place women. Then ate some food and drank some too.


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This was my first time doing this race and it was great. Well run, on time, nice goodie bag. Absolutely stunning bike course - I think one of the prettiest I have ever done and the prettiest in CT. I also liked having it on a Friday night so it doesn't kill the weekend. Also really nice prizes for top finishers!!!!