Kona Eastside Triathlon - Sprint - TriathlonSprint

Time is a bit of a guess as my time wasn't recorded coming out of the water. I did 15:55 out of T1 and if I was average T1 should have been about 1:30.

I found it hard to get clear in a few places, especially when people stood up in front of me and just stopped. My sighting was ok, but I veered a bit to the inside or outside a few times and probably added an additional 25-50 meters over the swim.

Someone hit my timing chip early on and I was worried about loosing it the rest of the time.

I probably should have not tried to walk out till I got right to the edge, the whole lake was shallow, but it was muddy near the ramp and that wasn't helpful either.

Might try to start a bit more MOP or FOP. Try to site a bit more often. Don't walk in muddy waters.

Forgot my talcum so socks/shoes were harder to get on. There were burs on my socks so I wasted a few seconds taking them off.

Chip didn't pick me up coming out of the swim, so fix that... if I knew how. Maybe go sockless ... certainly check them for burs in a grassy situation when setting up Transition.

Even with the new bike I only averaged about 16.2 mph. That is a significant improvement over Kemah, and i did 16 miles in less than it took me to do 12 there, but I still felt like I was way slower than I should have been.

I know being a clyde (though I may not be one for much longer) I pick up a lot of wind resistance... and I know that a Road bike with no areo bars isn't optimal, but I would have liked to pass someone who hadn't passed me already.

Really I need more time on the bike, especially now that I have a garmin so I know how I'm doing.

I had 2 water bottles that I bought the other day and meant to get 2 bottles of water with squirt tops from the store on the night before but didn't. I ended up givng my wife both the bottles with sqiurt tops and just putting poweraid with twist off tops on my bike. This slowed me down everytime I wanted to take a drink, and reduced how often I drank

I would, and will get more water bottles. I'll spend more time on the bike, and probably get clipless pedals before my next tri.

No bike shoes yet so just racked the bike, took off the helmet and grabbed some water (I had a small screw top water bottle in transition but it was too small to trust on the bike).

We didn't have assigned rack slots and someone else had racked there bike over the top of my stuff, took a second to slide it to where my bike was.

Drink more water on the bike, maybe have some nutrition on the bike as well. Not really required, but might have helped quench thirst etc.

First, the official results have me as DNF, but i did cross the finish line at approximately 2 hours after my start time so my actual run time is a bit of a guess.

I started out strong even though I came off the bike pretty tired. Before I got to the end of the first 3/4 mile section I was afraid I was going to end up walking. I tried to make it to the second pass at the water stop before walking, but didn't get that far. I made it about 2 miles of the 4 and walked / ran the rest. I suspect I walked at least a half a mile in the last 2.

Probably come in more hydrated, but more importantly more prepared. Take it a bit slower on the run at first. Pacing myself isn't my strong suit yet.

Wandered around and ate some pizza sticks.


Training and preparation for the hydration on the bike. Wind.


I am not too fond of running loops, especially not on a feeder road.

Riding on the inside lane reduces the number of traffic cross overs to worry about, but it also meant that we had to cross traffic to get back in the inside lane at the turn aroound. If the turn around had been in the center (like the super sprint was) that could have been different.

The lake was a little too shallow, but would probably be better in a year with more rain. However, that was good for my wife who got through the Super sprint successfully.
I only have 2 races to compare but I'll say that the Kemah race site and handout was much more polished. However, this seems like a much smaller race.