Hammonton Recreation Department Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I felt pretty tired starting the swim. My race plan was to draft off of the two Richey boys--Andrew and Bobby--since they were in my wave. That didn't even last two strokes. They were gone in a flash. There were a few other young boys in front of me at the start and when the gun went off, there was lots of churning and they were gone. I didn't feel good until I was almost finished the swim. I was finally getting into it and it was time to get out.

I feel like I need open water practice. The first tri of the season is always hard.

Some guy in my row lost his chip because he had it on his running shoe. He must've been in the du and wanted to put biking shoes on. I lost my concentration in an effort to help him look for his chip.

Mind my own business.

I felt pretty strong on the bike; strong for me. I was passing a lot of people from the earlier waves. Towards the end of the bike was when Bonnie (the woman in my age group) passed me on her Cervello P2 for the final time. I busied myself with drinking and didn't try to stay with her. I figured I'd catch her on the run.

Don't let people in my age group get by so easily.

I felt good in the beginning of the run. I passed George right away. He had started 6 minutes ahead of me. I was concentrating on passing people and trying to catch Bonnie. I figured I had plenty of time and that I should run my own race. It didn't take me long to realize that I wasn't making up that much time on her. About a quarter of a mile from the end, I passed Andrew. He looked over at me with a surprised look and cheerfully said "hi". That was easy, I thought. Then out of nowhere, he took off in a full speed sprint. If only I could've stayed with him. He passed Bonnie!

Frank came to watch Stacey race today. He ended up misplacing his car key (he thinks he locked it in his truck) and I had to drive them home. It's a good thing I had a van big enough to hold another bike and two more people.


The award ceremony was a little weird. The announcer was in the center of the picnic grove. But the awards were given out under the pavillion so you never actually saw anyone that received an award. Everyone was looking at the guy with the microphone.