Green Bay Triathlon - Sprint - TriathlonSprint

The water is very shallow except for the middle 150 making it possible to walk all but that portion. I got stuck behind a couple of folks who did just that and couldn't get passed because folks actually swimming streamed around us. Once I got clear of them, I made up some time in the water.

Not get stuck behind walkers. Maybe have started a little wider.

Bike was racked at the far end of transition from both the swim out and bike out. It was a long way back. Fortunately, prior waves were already out on course so there wasn't a lot of traffic to fight through.

Had some serious bike envy of some of those whipping past me. Felt like I standing still half of the time. Oh, and the first halk of the bike was demoraling because everyone passing me came from a later wave - dang numbers of calves. Had to get refocused on the fact that this was about exercise and accomplishing something not racing.

Saw my wife, mom, brother, and sister-in-law at the turnaround and that got me going again, that God for family.

I have to spend a lot more time in the saddle. A very wet spring and a month leading up to the race where we literally had one week night that we weren't chasing the kids to something didn't help.

Whoa nelly, doesn't matter how many shorter bricks I did, nothing prepped for the feeling of my feet hitting the ground again. The was a portolet just outside of transition and I had to wait a good minute or more to access it. Don't know what the prior guy was doing!

Better bike fitness.

The first part fo the run, although generally flat, was a long, gentle uphill. I have never been a very good runner so this was tough. The course took a turn onto a river front trail and another clyde and I were struggling. I looked at him and said, "see those light posts, walk two, run four?" That's what we did all the way back except for the last 1/4 mile.

Seeing my wife and kids at the finish felt like a wind at my back and it pushed me home.

I need to increase run fitness but I hate running so I guess I need to drop some more weight to take some of the stress off.

Walked, water, kept moving.


Training during May when the kids were keeping us too busy.


This was my first race so I don't have anything to compare it to but everything seemed good to me. The swim is obviously a little, well, "light". I have to carve out some more training time this summer and find one more race to do later in the year.