Island Lake Triathlon, Summer-Sprint - TriathlonSprint

Swim started off fast, got caught up by the excitement and started off too fast. Ended up gassing myself and sucking up too much water in the 1st 200M and had to switch strokes to recover. Got into my normal rhythm and things were going much better but I think the fast start ultimately cost me at least 2 minutes in my swim time if not more. I see why people end up freaking out in open water thankfully I was able to get into my head and get back on track.

Start off slower next time.

T1 went well. Didn't have a race belt so I didn't put my Tri top with number on until transition, getting the top onto a wet body was tough, likely added some time.

Bring a cloth belt with plastic buckle and turn it into a race belt. Should save me some time in the future.

The bike segment went well. Felt like I had a good cadence and pace. Only took in a little bit of water/gatorade mix since I just didn't seem too thirsty after all the water I drank on the swim.

Maybe start off a little faster, I didn't go all out at 1st and just wanted to make sure my legs were spinning before getting into the big ring. Could probably have pushed the bike leg a little more overall, wanted to try and keep enough in the tank for a decent run.

Good, Knew where to rack my bike, out of the bike shoes into socks and running shoes and out.

Maybe do some runs without socks, to take that part of the transition out of the equation. Also might look into some bungie shoe laces so I don't have to tie them.

Run felt pretty good. Been having some IT band pain recently and it didn't show it's head until I got home and was going down the stairs. Kept a decent pace that was pretty close to my training pace, had some kick left at the end of the run.

Probably try to get my pace a little faster. I feel like given how fast I could go at the end I probably could have run somewhat faster on the whole course.

Grabbed some water and walked around a little. Did some stretching when I got home.


Too much excitement at the start.


A well put on event. Everything started on time and the results were up quickly. Looked like there was plenty of food available at the finish as well. I would do another race by element events.