Sprint, Splash 'n Spin - TriathlonMini Sprint

The only way we were able to warm up was if the wave before us all finished before it was time for us to start. Well that didn't happen and I wasn't paying attention to the time. So as I was flirting with the lifeguard who counted laps and looked and realized I only had :30 till start. Threw on the cap and goggles and was ready to go. Swim was nice and pretty short, kept a pretty easy pace and was never really gasping for breath. Got out of the water 2nd in my wave. :04 faster than last year. And the water was warmer than last year so I was stoked.

Go harder

I was dumb and tried to get my cap off before my goggles and was like "why won't the cap come off?" Got the bike and was out pretty quick. I had troubles once I mounted the bike trying to get my shoes on...so that cost me some time.

Get better at putting on my shoes.

So I've been having hardcore problems with on the bike nutrition. Apparently I can't take on sodium unless its watered down gatorade...even no that much of it. So for this ride I just took 1 water bottle...and the whole ride I was wishing it was gatorade!! But at least I knew I was properly hydrated and that my mouth and body wouldn't dry out from Gatorade.

It was just an out and back course with a few areas you had to slow down but nothing massive, minus the turn around was really sharp.

Was passed by 2 more people here, one older, one younger... then passed the guy who beat me out of the water.

Push harder...especially on such a short race.

Pretty basic, racking the bike was hard due to being at the end of the wooden rack with a cross beam going down so I couldn't hang my bike, I just had to rest it against the beam.

Nothing, went pretty well.

Woo Hoo, fastest Run split!! minus the guy who was in my AG but got 2nd overall...so he doesn't count. ALSO FASTEST 5K EVER!!! Not just in a Tri but also beats my just running 5K time by 2 seconds.

Gameplan was to just go hard and suck it up for 21min! I passed the older guy who passed me on the bike but couldn't pass the younger kid...turns out he ran XC in high school and ran a 1min faster 5K. He was a good rabit though and I tried to chase him down the whole time even though at the turn around I knew it wasn't gonna happen.

I took water at the first 2 water stops...there were 3 in the first 3/4 mile... wish I didn't skip the last one though because I started to cramp a tad before the water stop at the turn around. So the whole race I only took water...and it seemed to work damn well.

Can't improve much since it was my fastest 5K

Notta, walked around and ate. My wave started at 7:40 and the awards didn't start till 2pm-ish so there was a lot of waiting around and watching other racers.


Nothing really. I think the bike leg kept me from my goal of breaking 1 hour, if not the bike then just getting into my bike shoes.


I like this race, its a great first timer and community race but there are also some damn good competitors out there. I only won my age group by 13 seconds, and that was to another WVU Tri Club member. So it was a good race!