Tri the Parks Triathlon - Mistletoe State Park - TriathlonSprint

For some reason I kept taking really wide turns, and often found myself swimming alone instead of drafting how I should have been.

The time included about a 1/4 mile run to the transition area.

Didn't put socks on in T1 this time.

Although I messed around for a while trying to get a gel in my pocket (stupid--just tape it to the bike next time). And getting my garmin on my wrist.

Tape gel to bike.

Put garmin on bike and just put it on my wrist while riding.

Not too many people passed me. But I guess most of the people in my age group I was trying to beat were just already ahead of me and a lot faster on the bike.

Train more on the bike. I'm doing a hard hilly ride (~1500ft elevation gain) of 15 miles with Finch on Saturday.

Socks were rolled this time. The transition line was very far away from the actual transition area so I think my time would've been better.

This run team is a direct correlation to how little I have been running. I sprinted the last 1/4 mile against a 30 year old. He kept about two feet ahead of me the whole way. I really wanted to pass him but my left hamstring cramped pretty bad towards the end.

I'm thinking about starting a half mary plan for the Rock N Roll half in Savannah in November and using that as my running training for my tris for the rest of the season.

Found some shade. Stretched my hamstrings. Sweated my butt off!


Lack of training. Plain and simple.


The transition area lines were really far.