Amica Stumpy Creek - TriathlonSprint

Judging by my time....I still need to train harder in this discipline. However, I will say this is the first open water swim where I did not scull on my back. I swam freestyle 95% of the time and occasionally jumped into the breast stroke to recover from getting kicked or getting out of line with the buoys. I can tell I am getting more comfortable in open water as I took this race real easy...nice slow pace to make sure I didn't get into a panicky state of mind. Endurance is fine....just really need to hit the weights this offseason to build some muscle in my arms.

Nothing other than really trying to pick up the pace, but I was concerned I would go out too fast and then panic midway through the race.

Pretty easy transition....threw on my bike shoes. Still had trouble clicking into my helmet after adjusting it the night before. Need to get better at that as I couldv'e shaved another 7 seconds probably off this time. Glasses were fogged up too so I just ran with them in my mouth...need to figure out how to keep them from fogging up so bad.

Practice clipping into that darn helmet!

I was really happy with my overall pace on this ride...much better than expected, but I pretty much gave it everything I had knowing this was my last sprint for the season. I figured I would suck it up on the run. Started out pretty fast which threw me off for about the first 3 miles, but after that got into a nice rhythmn!

Try to spin easy the first mile or so to get my heart rate down and get everything under control. Then I can get into the meat of the race.

I freaking missed my spot....first time I ever did this and had to backtrack slightly to get to my rack....lost about 15 seconds on that one!

Remember where the hell my rack is!

Legs were a little fatigued from the ride, but I pushed through it and mad myself pick up the pace. Really kicked it in around mile 1 until I hit the hill at mile 2....never walked, but the pace did slow down a bit. Really pushed hard after the ascent and pushed a 7min/mile pace the last 3/4 mile. Still a little dissapointed with my time as I was shooting for 8min/mile pace....but I pushed real hard on the bike and knew it would be a matter of hanging in there the best I could on the run.

More hill training...other than that pretty satisfied with my run.

Grabbed a coke, some snacks and watched the other competitors come in...pretty low key.


Not much...I gave everything I had out there and was happy with my time. Beat my overall goal time by 2 minutes. Just more practice to get faster!


This was the last sprint for me of the season...not on to train for my International in October. Felt good after the race and celebrated with some Guinness that afternoon!