Lake Lanier Islands Triathlon Festival - My First/Next Tri - TriathlonSprint

Never did a OWS so holy smoley is was tough. You have to swim around the a dock..the dock is actually anchored. The ropes come out at a 30ish degree angle. If you swim close to the dock (as I did)you may catch the ropes (ouch). Could here Annika, John and Doug yelling the entire swim which was fab.

Practice an OWS. I also went into the water as far as I could stand bc I thought treading water would waster energy. Mistake as I was stuck in the walkers. Water is so shallow that I ended up in maybe a foot in a half of water. Also my time includes a .25 mile transition run.. which I walked as part of my plan. You no longer do stairs but a STEEP s curve.

First transition ever I didnt fall and remembered all my stuff. I couldnt master stacking so I just laid it all out. I would recommend at least a tri bottom so you have less to do. To try to make it safer they have you come out of the transition area and stop at a red line before you can proceed with the bike (same to enter). For those with experience probably annoying but for newbies it probably saves them from accidents. Water available as you enter transtion area.

Tri bottom/suit. Practice it more

Lost my water bottle around mile 3 and speedometer didnt work. Opps. Since the field has alot of newbies there are really no rules on the road. One person rode the yellow line. I just tried to get out of the madness and enjoy the ride. Cheer on people and thank anyone working the race. Inside the park is smooth outside there are fairly rough areas. This course isnt closed but they do thier best to keep it safe.

Not lose water bottle and check everything is working. Not be so tense on the ride. Figure out how to check on stopped racers without slowing down.

They have you come to a complete stop before you can enter the trans area. Looked at the rack and couldnt figure out how to rack my bike. ARGH. Figured the rack out. Put on my borrows race belt (tks Mrs Brown dog) and left. Water available as you leave for the run

not stare at the rack wishing I could just throw my bike down and leave on the run. :)

water at mile 1 and 2. I walked places in that were 100% sun and up hill.

I hate to run therefore run more.

Talked with my family. Thanked them. Couldnt have done it without all of them. Went and soaked in the lake.


Being new. I am proud of what I did for a first time performance. I spent time enjoying the moment not racing. High fiving..waving.


If this is close to home it is a good fit. We went friday to get my packet and asked about parking, they gave us a dicounted rate and a pass for the entire weekend.

This year was unseasonably hot so about half way through the bike you could feel it.

People who do this tri come in all levels of ability, shape and size.