Cooper Summer Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I expected around 7 minutes and beat that.

Start sooner.

When I jumped out of the pool, I almost went the wrong way. Thankfully, someone pointed me in the right direction. Biggest issue was getting my shirt on. I decided only to dry my feet. Being wet caused some issues getting my shirt on.

Try something different with my shirt.

I hadn't practiced the swim to run transition and was out of breath for the first few miles of the bike. Once I caught my breath, I felt much better. Didn't expect I'd do it as fast as I did.

Practice this transition more.

I didn't use bike shoes, so this transition was quick. Someone in front of me slowed me down on the run to my rack. After that, I just had to take off my helmet and grab my headband.

Nothing.

I was tired after the swim run. I walked more than I hoped. It felt longer than 3.1 miles. When I hit the first mile marker, I wasn't sure if I had completed a mile or had one mile left. Realized it was the former when I saw mile marker number 2. Had some encouragement at the end. I was suprised with my time though. I must have made up for the walking when I ran. I did a 5k in mid-June and this was only about 10 seconds slower.

Train on the actual course. I didn't train for hills at all and this had some small hills.

Walked a little and enjoyed the free breakfast.


Lack of endurance for the run.


This was my first and I enjoyed it. I plan to try an open water swim; I expect that I will prefer it. When the race start comes around, I want to start rather than wait for an hour.