Tremont Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

My lack of swim practice / training hurt me bad here. While I felt relaxed, I could never generate any rhythm or speed. The breathing was great -- one positive. At 200 yards I actually stopped to clean the goggles and did so at every 50 for the remainder of the swim. Did see that I was at 5 minutes at 200 yards, so first half actually was not bad time wise. Very disappointing as 400 yards is nothing / have done it many times without flinching.

I need to put some serious time and effort in the pool.

From the times I saw was about 90th out of 200 people for the transition. Certainly can improve, but did OK. Not a lot of wasted motion this time / just need to focus on doing it faster.

Probably should focus on practicing a few times and pushing through the transition more quickly.

My times showed that I was solidly in the middle of the pack. However, I was not at all pleased with the result here as I expected more going in to the ride. Again, an issue of not training enough. Good news was that I kept the cadence solid and got everything out of the training I could. Realistically a very solid effort, but the discipline where I need to most focus / have the most to gain.

Let's do some intervals.

Forgot to scope out my exact location in the racks, but only cost me a couple of seconds. My location was nice as I was by the edge and the kids came over and cheered me on through the change. Good and solid / becoming more comfortable.

The run results were great! For the first mile, I hit right about an 8 minute pace and was feeling OK. Just past the mile, started to get some twinges in the leg and could feel the pace falling off. Second mile came in at just over 8:30. Had to really fight to keep the cramps at bay for the final mile, but actually managed to speed up and finish strong in the last 100 yards. Where as swimming and biking have suffered from poor training, my run has benefitted from proper training.

No cool down -- but the organizers did have an awesome idea in that they had water bottles wrapped with towels that were soaked in ice water. Within 30 seconds I was back to normal.


Lack of training volume and intensity hurt me on the swim and bike. The legs just won't go at this point in time. Conversely, the cardio system is ready to take it up one or two notches.


While I've only done five triathlons, think this one may be my favorite to date. The organization was outstanding, folks were helpful, course was fair and reasonable. Only draw back was that the swim format took a long time to get everyone through. However, in exchange for that, you got a really great experience.

Personally it was an "up and down" experience. During and immediately after the race I was very frustrated that things were not going well. However, after reflecting, it was another big step forward for me. I continue to learn how to listen to my body and take what it will give me. The cardio aspect of the sport is going great and the gains I am seeing are outstanding. The run is making huge strides with each race. On the swim and bike, I recognize that I'm going to "reap what I sow". For this race, I got out of them what I put in and still had enough in the tank for a solid run. And the swim was a PR in a race, just not up to expectations.

I'll likely be back for this one next year.