The Rookie Triathlon - TriathlonMini Sprint

No real idea where I was in the pack. Seemed like there were a good number of yellow swim caps ahead of me getting out of the water, but on a swim that short, who knows? If I had to guess, I'd say my split was between 4:45 and 5:00 minutes.

Not much. That was my first swim since September. I suppose I could've trained the swim more, but it wasn't really necessary with such a short race leg.

First T1 of the year and my rust showed. Had a little trouble getting on the bike and was much slower getting in the shoes than I'd hoped to be. Didn't cost me too much, though, I'm sure.

Get over my ego and practice the flying mount and foot-to-shoe insert a few times before the race.

Since I have no data from the race, I'm just guessing here, but my guess is based on the fact that I played leapfrog all day with the overall masters winner. He started the bike just a few seconds before me and finished just a few seconds after me. His bike split was 29:42, so I'm going to guess that mine was around 29:35ish or so. That's roughly 22.7 mph. Just a guess.

Not a lot. I started hard and finished hard. Super sprints are great for just gutting out a hard, high-power ride.

T2 is always my best. I was in and out in no time. Overall master's winner was maybe 2 seconds behind me on the way out.

Not a thing.

Run was pretty good, considering I haven't run at all since early February due to training for bike races. I'll take a 6:30/mile pace any day of the week.

HTFU and push harder in the last 1/4 mile so that I don't lose the overall master's race by less than 2 seconds again.

Chatted with the guy that pipped me for the overall masters and made a new friend. Beer at the beer garden, and cheering on friends that raced.


Talent.


Time to move up to the Open Division in this race.