CSTS Charleston Sprint Triathlon Series - Race #1 - TriathlonSprint

My goal was to be steady on the swim. Remember, this is my first time, and I did not want to ruin the whole thing by panicking or losing my rhythm by getting out of breath. The water was surprisingly nice, it was warm and not as gross as I thought it might be. It felt so nice compared to pool water, actually, that I really enjoyed the swim. I did bump into a lady on the way to the first buoy, and one other time on the 3rd leg (different lady), but otherwise, I thought the sighting went pretty well.

Practice siting more. I also want to just continue working on good form and strength, but overall I was very happy with the swim.

My goal here in transition was to be calm and not get flustered. Considering that, it actually went pretty quickly. I gulped some water and a bit of fuel, because I am not good at drinking on the bike.

Dry my feet off a little better.

I started out breathing kind of heavily until my legs got warmed up. I pushed myself, but nothing too crazy, just enough to feel like a good, steady effort. Many people passed me, but seeing the time now, it was better than I expected. Overall, the road was good, but the section on Folly Road going out to the turnaround was awful.

I really need to practice drinking on the bike. It's just too long to go without drinking.
Just continue training and work on consistency.

This one took a little longer than it should have because of switching shoes, drinking, fuelling and generally just spending too much time there.

Fuel and drink on the bike!

This is where things got kind of ugly. I was just pooped from the ride, and it took me probably the whole first mile just to feel like my breathing was regulated. By then, of course, the heat just made me feel very tired. I really did not feel like I could have run it any faster. The last 1/2 mile was so hot, I could not wait to be done.

Train better! Work on my overall condition.

Just walked around with the family, had a diet pepsi.


Definitely losing steam at the run stage.


I can't really judge since it is my first, but I liked it and saw no problems. Oh, wait, the port-a-potties were frightful, but I guess you can't do anything much about that. It was a great race, and I will definitely do another one in this series.