TRI Peachtree City Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

TT start so didn't go out way too fast like a wave start, moderate effort pace but definately not a sprint pace, which felt comfortable. Got into a groove relatively quickly and thought I seeded myself correctly, in fact was faster than my 1:35 seed pace. Unfortunately a high % of those in front of me chose to either start early or mis-seed themselves cause passing was furious and frequent, in fact, passed one guy on his back after 100 yards??? Dude, you are going to get swum over. Anyway non-eventful swim, no contact and starting around 7:15, the sun was just peaking up so not a factor at all with sighting

Push a little harder at the start and actually wear the speed suit.

So first transition without having to take off the speedsuit/wetsuit or even bother putting on a watch or sunglasses. I wore my garmin from the start so just ran up, helmet on, grabbed bike with shoes mounted and took off. Unfortunately I was really close to the swim exit and far from the bike exit so had quite a ways to run with the bike. Then you leave transition and have to run through the lot with a hairpin turn before the mount line. No passing for the first 1/4 mile to exit the parking lot made for some bottlenecks however that gave me plenty of time to get the feet into the shoes, otherwise I would have been frustrated stuck behind the no pass zone.

Pushed hard from the get go after leaving the parking area. Legs didn't feel like there was much power and the HR was spiked for basically the whole ride, I was definately pushing it past the comfort zone. Never got passed, that was cool!

So come into T2 right behind 2 other guys, we all three are approaching the dismount line and the two of them swing the legs over, brake and stop at the line. So I swing to the inside and hop off in a full sprint right past them, awesome! Then about half way through T-2, the left shoe pops off the pedal, argh, turn around pick up shoe and now the bike on my shoulder and go sprinting to the rack. Socks on, shoes (thanks yankz), grab hat/race # and hit the run exit.

Since this is such a bumpy transition area and I had a long way to go, just carry the bike on the shoulder from the beginning.

Came out of T-2 at a high turnover rate and started plugging along. Was feeling gassed at the 1.3 mark and saw thecaptin coming the other way with his typical race face, that is classic and I look forward to seeing it any chance I get. So yell Captin! we high 5 as we pass. That gave me a little mental boost. Hit the turnaround and then around 2.3 is a slight uphill and I'm super gassed by now, I see thecaptin up ahead so push on as I have a rabbit to chase..... finally catch him on the downhill with about .4 miles to go then hustle it home to the line.

Hung out and chatted with thecaptin for quite a bit, said hey to 15step and chatted with Derek (haven't seen him in a while either so we caught up a bit about racing). Loaded the car and headed home.


This is my 4th PTC race and there is a reason why I come back. I love the whole experience from the pre-race, transition area, super volunteers, on-time, awesome swag (yankz, gel, water bottle, longsleeve shirt, cowbell), rolling bike course and shady run. Plus seeing and hanging out with your racing buddies is always cool!