New England Season Opener Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Water was around 60 degrees and initially I felt a little tightness in my chest, but overcame that after a few minutes, settling into a good pace. Sighting was pretty easy with a point to point swim - four buoys then a left turn in towards the beach.

I've been averaging around 40,000 yards for the past four months, so the endurance is there. I came out of the water pretty fresh, so I may not have gone as hard as I should have.

Go a little harder - I know in hindsight I left a little time out in the water.

I knocked my sunglasses off twice while putting my helmet on, loosing a few seconds - other than that, a pretty decent transition.

Just a little smoother, and probably practice a bit more

I was hoping to be a bit faster on the bike to eat some time from the faster runners. My bike time was second overall, but I would have loved to be one minute faster. The course was hillier than expected, with some speeds in the 12 mph range. Downhill top speed was 44 mph. A little over 500 feet of climbing.

I didn't ride with power, but I'd guess I would have been around 320 watts for the ride.

Ride more hills in prep for the race. Maybe I would not use my disk cover, as that little extra weight hurts a bit on the hills. The Hed Jet 9 would have been ok on its own as the rear wheel.

There's a good downhill back into transition, and I forgot to take my feet out of my shoes before the downhill. As a result, I only got one foot out, and had to pop out my left shoe and then remove it before running into transition. Not the best, but it worked.

Think ahead about getting my feet out of my shoes before the dismount.

My goal was to be in the 18:45-19:00 range. Looking back at my HR numbers, I should have gone harder. My Avg HR should have been in the mid 170's.

I guess the run was overall pretty good as I didn't get passed, but that was a result of passing lots of people on the bike.

Pushed a little harder. I should have been around 18:30 if I went a bit harder.

Waited for my teammates to come in. Colin was having a great day, but flatted around mile 7 - he would have finished ahead of me, but still finished 25th. Andrew was behind me, followed by Chad and Rob, rounding out the Northeast Multisport group. Got some grub and hung out waiting for the awards.


I didn't push myself hard enough on the swim or run. That could have netted me another 1:30 - 2:00 off my time. It would have been nice to have power numbers for the bike - my new powertap Hed 9 will be here for my next race.


Good organization and post race festivities. The weather was much better than last year, and it was fun to hang out with my teammates.

I was actually credited with winning my AG because the guy that won my AG finished 2nd overall, allowing me to get a $20 gift card to a local running store and a pint glass.