Evergreen Lake Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Out to the right around blue buoy and back. Keep buoys on your left, repeat KEEP BUOYS ON YOUR LEFT. We'll get back to that.

Started towards the front and in the mix. Wanted to get as much of a mass start practice as possible. Well I got it. Was crowded. I was smacking feet and getting smacked all the way to the buoy. Tried to stay right, but kept getting pushed to the left. Barely made it inside the sight buoy.

Went around the buoy with Ed. Headed in, breathing every stroke on right side and looking into the sun. Sighted on the swim exit balloon. Swimming along, feeling good, and all of a sudden look up and I'm in the middle of the wave swimming out. Yep, going the wrong way in traffic. I quickly side paddle and say a bunch of "Sorry Fella's."

Head in, up the ramp, and up the hill to transition.

Find some open water and get more into "my stroke" breathing bilaterally, which I think is faster for me. Not swim into oncoming traffic.

No issues here other than a LONG run with my bike in my bike shoes.

Maybe for a long T1 like this, I should leave my shoes clipped in and run barefoot. Would be faster, but also uncomfortable for my PF.

This is the reason I signed up for this race. Hit the bike hard from the start. Out against a little wind made for a promising return. Course was a little hillier than I expected, but concentrated on keeping the effort high. I wanted just less than a TT effort on the bike.

I'm happy with this bike result. I did get passed twice. Once by a very tall guy on a white Trek (not sure if he was Oly or Sprint racer) and I got passed by Doug Rosen. I was hoping to not get passed by him until the run. I wasn't happy about that, but did pass Ryan Case (to be fair, Ryan averaged 22.9 and was racing the Oly and ran just over 6 min miles, I'd take 22.9mph if I could run 6:30 miles for a Sprint).

Sometime, maybe, take it easy on the bike to see if I can run faster after. But, ........................

Also, I need to play the lotto, so I can get some wheels. I suffer greatly from wheel envy at these races.

Again, no issues. Long run to bike rack, short run to run out.

Can't think of anything

Pretty even paced run. The heat got to me a little at the end. I feel strong running, just have no "go." Just not running "free" or "loose." Make any sense? Used water at the aid stations to dump on my head to try to cool down. I was very happy at the turn around that I was racing the sprint and didn't have to continue to run out farther. :) No finish kick for me. I had already spent what I had.

A winter of Gary Cates' run training will help with my run times. Right now everything is still geared toward IMWI, ie: no speedwork.

Walk, Talk, Cheer, Eat.....


IM training and heat.


Another great race put on by the Tri-Sharks. The only thing I'd change is the Sprint swim. I don't care for out and back swims (but that may have more to do with my inability to swim straight :))