CB&I Tri - The Woodlands - TriathlonSprint

Last year's swim went horrible for me so I have been waiting all year to redeem myself. I swam the course 4 times the previous weekend with and without a wetsuit. Not much variation in time so I decided to go without and hopfully save T1 time. I didn't get redemption but I did cut my time by 2 minutes from last year.
I felt like I really got beat up the whole loop. Never got clear for more than a moment before I was running up on someone or someone was going over me. Then I got off course at the turn when I sighted onto the wrong buoy thinking I was more outside than I actually was. I had to stop and turn around. Coming in was a little better.

I have seen a lot of improvement in the pool over the last year. My time was nowhere near what I should be doing. I am going to just need to work on sighting and do a lot more open water swimming.

Made a much better effort in getting to my bike quickly. Legs were a little wobbly so getting into my shoes took a little more effort than I wanted.

Not much. I was almost a full 2 minutes faster than last year.

Had a little trouble getting clipped in but was off and up to speed quickly. I passed a lot people and was on my way to making up lost time on the swim. The was little to no wind so this was a fast leg. Only got passed twice during this leg. Actual distance was a bit longer too.

Came out of my aerobars too much. Probably could have pushed harder. Still I was almost 3 minutes faster than last year.

Dismount was a little slow & I struggled getting one of my shoes on.

Practice more with tired legs. I was over a minute fast than last year.

Came out of T2 and was on my way. My legs felt heavy & I was sure I was not moving fast. I checked my pace a couple of hundred yards in and saw I was doing just over a 6 min/mile pace. That was shocking. I just continued to push myself throughout marking and passing as many people as possible. Picked up tha pace more for about the last half mile. Didn't get passed the entire run.

Nothing. Blew away my previous best time, was 4 minutes faster than last year, and was second best in my age group.

Watched some of the finishers, had breakfast tacos and beer.


Open water swimming. Other than that, I can't complain. I hit my overall goal time and was top 10 in my group and top 100 overall in a pretty competitive field.


This is one of the best races in Houston and always very well organized. I will be back again next year.