Mullet Man Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Felt good for my first open water swim, waves weren't too bad and the staggered start helped keep it pretty clean going out, I stayed on the outside of the group which caused me to swim a little longer than I needed to.

Practice open water swimming, and don't worry about running into people, just get in and go as fast as possible at the start to get into some open area instead of trying to swim around.

Should have practiced this a good bit more, I felt like I was moving at a decent clip, but also like I didn't know what I was doing so was acting a little frantic.

Practice transitioning, jumping on bike and clipping in on the go.

Felt pretty good for me as a new cyclist, I actually passed a few people, still got passed by a lot of people, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Get a bike sooner, and spend a lot more time on it.

Again, just need more practice with this, the fast guys were literally about a minute quicker, but I should be able to do this at least 30 seconds faster.

Practice transitioning.

Took me awhile to get my speed up on the run, the first two miles were rough, but I really picked it up after the turnaround. I had plenty of energy at first, but I just hadn't done enough brick workouts to run fast immediately off of the bike.

More brick workouts before the race.

Pictures with my wife, food, drink, waited around for everybody I was with to finish,


I got a lot of time I can gain on the bike


I specifically picked this race as my first a number of months back due to the destination. The course was fantastic, no hills which is good for a first timer, and good food/bushwackers after. Also, I think the coffee cup awards stating place were really cool awards.