Hagerstown Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I definitely thought I was much faster but this will include getting out of the water and running to TA. Also I know there was a problem with timing the transitions due to mechanical failure so not sure if some was added to the swim

At one point when I had 2 laps to go the counter in the lane next to mine started shouting "your done" to her person. I wasn't sure who she was yelling at so I did stop and ask...probably cost 10 sec

Again there was some trouble timing this, so I am using my usual T! time. No issues of any kind. Did fumble a bit with socks.

Only annoying part here was that a late arrival decided to wedge his/her bike in between my spot (there was plenty of room farther in, but I was close to the end). In the process all of my carefully laid out stuff got spread all over. Didn't really slow me down much, but I lost my gel that was taped on my bike and didn't notice until on course.

I subtracted some time here to for T1 and T2 to match my bike computer. I went hard on the course and worked the entire time. Was missing my gel that I take at 1/2 way mark and only had water on the bike. I definitely did the best I could on this course. Overall I was pleased with my pace and with a few additions to the bike and some more practice hope to get the speedup even more.

Have some gel on bike. Get my clip in shoes and aero bars coming this week!

Even though I did not change my shoes I took a little extra time here to have 1/2 a gel and some gatorade since I had nothing but some water on the bike

Usually I rush a bit more, but wanted to make sure I had some calories on this very hot day

Again I strggled with the run off the bike. It was very hot and humid and it took awhile to get my breathing down especially after working so hard on the bike. I walked intervals the first mile and dumped water on my head at every station. However at the halfway point I felt pretty good and had a strong finish. I definitely should have pushed harder on the run (again!). So many people walking and nobody to chase made the run psychologically difficult for me, but I could have done much better

Run more and run harder

I felt great after this race unlike South Carrol where I wanted to die! I know it was an easier course, but the weather was a bit challenging. I just walked around and drank some water.


Maybe the heat made me slower, but I was lucky to have an earlier start time. My friend was 2 hours behind me and it was really HOT by then. I just need to train more bricks and learn how to run better/faster. I can get some stuff for the bike as well so that hopefully I won't have to hammer that hard to get 17mph average


This is a great race for a first timer. The course is pretty easy and it is well run. I would definitely consider doing it again next year.