Green Bay Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The swim wasnt really a full 400m swim, nor do I think it was even 400m long. It started out on the shore of the lake and when the start alert sounded, everyone ran in. The lake is really, really shallow so everyone pretty much water ran for 100m, then swam for 200m, then swam another 100m, if it was even 400m. Unlike Lake Mills here I hung out in the back, I got right in it on this one. I was pretty confident this time around, especially since the swim seemed so much shorter.

Learn to do that jump dive, jump dive thing that everyone was doing to go faster that trying to run through the water.

When we got out of the water, it was a short run on the beach to the transistion area. When we went through the gate to get to the transition area, they had a kiddy pool set up so we could run through and wash our feet off. Nice! T1 went pretty smooth.

Nothing that I can think of.

After I hopped on my bike and got myself going, I realized my HR wasnt working. I did a quick check and found that my HRM strap was around my waist. Oops. I continued to pedal, going 20 mph, no handed and moved the strap back up. Looking back, that probably wasnt the smartest thing to do. The course had excessive railroad tracks. 6 crossing for sure, maybe 8 - I lost count. They werent that bad though. I ended up killing the course. I was zipping by eveyone I could see. Nobody passed me on the bike. There were a few times where people were riding all over the road and I couldnt get around. As I was approaching, most of the time, though, I was able to find a route to squeeze through while not putting anyone in danger of crashing. A few times I did have to slow down. When I came in, there was only one other bike racked from my wave. That guy ended up beating my ride by :07.

It was still cold out during the ride and I barely sweat at all. I did end up downing 3/4 of my bottle of Perpetuem, though.

Yell to people which side Im coming up on that are clogging up the course. I also need to get my front derailluer fixed so that I can ride the middle cog in the front and the small cog in the back without it rubbing. Its just annoying more than anything.

I gotta find a way to get run without socks. That would save me so much time. As I was leaving T2, I realized that I didnt turn on my footpod and that my shoe was also not tight enough. Thanks to Yankz laces for the quick tightening tough!

Work on running without socks.

After I stopped and tighten my shoe and turn the foot pod on, I took off again. I had an super good ride on the bike and I was out to kill the run. At the beginning, my hip was a little tight, but it loosened up quickly. I spotted people I wanted to pass and slowly reeled each one in. My legs felt good, I had lots of energy left, and I felt awesome. (Thanks Perpetuem, although you taste really bad). Close to the turn around, I spotted the other guy that came in on the bike before me. He was about :30-:45 ahead of me at that time. I burned back and ended up passing him with 1/4 mi left to go. Just as I passed him, I gave it the final kick and was able to pass one more person on the last meters before the finish. Nobody passed me on the run either.

Nothing. Awesome run!

I walked around a bit and stretched. Downed my Recoverite and also some Gatorade. The food they had sucked, so I didnt really eat much more than that, except maybe a banana and a snickers-type bar.


Swimming ability.


The first wave went out a 5-10 minutes late. After that things took off pretty quickly. They had lots of people all over that place, which was nice. People stopping traffic for the bike and directing you around during the run. Post race, it was kinda sucky. They had water from a water fountain, something that tasted like really bad Kool-Aid, Gatorade at the finish, some bananas, bars and cheese, sausage and crackers. That was a little weird. Overall, though, it was a good event. They just need to work on the Post Race - which is what I heard about some of their other events also. I would definetely go back to this race next year!