Clear Lake International Triathlon - Sprint Course - TriathlonSprint

I felt like this was one of my better swims overall. The ladies waves went first so there was a lot of traffic to wim through. Was a little dissapointed about the time until I saw the overall winner swam a 10:34 and he had swam a 7:44 (500m) at a local race a couple of weeks ago.

Several people said they thought the swim was long and we had to climb a 6-8 foot ladder to get out of the water and the mat was at the entrance to transition.

Try to find a better line and not have to zig zag around people

Good transition

Course was a single loop around clear lake. Plan was to ride about 10 watts above my threshold. Kemah bridge hurt but flying down the backside was fun. Good head wind the last 4 miles.



Push a little harder the last four miles into the head wind.

Very few bikes on the rack when I came in. I figured I was at least around a podium spot.

The course got changed from a 5K to a 2.1 mile run last week so I knew I needed to run hard. Caught a guy in my age group at .5 mile but wasn't sure were I stood standing wise. At about 1 mile had a guy in my AG pass and i ran with him for a little but I couldn't hold his pace, he ended up being first

Try and stay with the guy who passed me and blow up if I need to

Walked around and drank a lot of water. Stretched and waited for Greg and Buddy to finish.

I was pleasantly surprised to see I had finished 2nd in my AG and 10th overall. I consistantly place in Clydesdale but this was my first AG podium. Pretty good race and splits for 210 lbs.


It was HOT!!!!


The bike course being long and the run course getting changed were annoying. I know a lot of people were frustrated with the bike being long and them spinning out their legs to early. Even worse for the olympic distance folks that had an extra 4.5-5 miles added.