Thundergust Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim was just flat out SH!T. Considering it's my background 23rd is a mess. Just didn't have it all together. I think if it was a mile swim I would have probably done a lot better. Need to really work on faster tempo pacing leading up to NJ State Tri. Need more speed work here. This will change.

Train a lot harder in the water. Need more speed work here.

T1 was ok considering it was in the sand and I didn't have a foot bath. I used my extra water to wash my feet off.

A little more organized now that I know what to expect. I kept the bare essentials in the area. Everything else went back in the bag. That was a great move.

Yeah baby! This made up for the swim. I honestly got caught in a pact after mile 2 and stayed with these guys all the way until the end. The first two miles I passed a lot of riders and was not being passed at all. Pretty funny.

Rode the rest of the ride with the hammer down and just kept comfortable. I had no clue what to expect for the rest of the race since it was my first. Looking back I would have broke from my pack at the 8 mile mark and really set the pace harder. I think there were times were I backed way off just to stay with my pack. Would love to do that again.


Nothing except put it down harder in the middle of the race about mile 8. Really open it up and lose the "I have a run coming up" thing. That's just junk, you can't make up later on what you don't do early in the race.

Rubber band legs. I heard about it but never felt it. Whooo that was fun. Again the sand was a pain in the nuts. Feet were a bit swollen too and it was harder to get into my yankzz than I though. Overall ok.

A little faster would be nice.

Caught three people. One in the first .25 mile and the other two by the first water station. Stayed with one guy all the way until the end. Pretty solid pace and I felt great. Took off down the end and passed him and started working on someone else. But just didn't have enough.

Not sure. Since leg injury 2 months ago has left me with little running training I guess train smarter and train more. Only put in 30 miles between May and June and that is not enough.

Took a nice light jog to loosen legs. Walked off legs for a bit and really started with the hydration.


Terrible swim and not enough running training. Add these two in and I would say a Top 5 finish is in store.


Race was well organized and a great time. Happens that my father in law know the chief of police who was running the race. Pretty nice to meet him. Overall I am glad that I picked this as my first TRI. Sad it's over. I would wake up tomorrow and do it again.....