Sudbury Spring Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I've heard some people are bad at estimating their times but wow, when they did, they did so spectacularly causing major pile ups. My plan was to not worry about speed but focus on being smooth which I did not succeed at. Too much to chaos distracting me. I caught the woman in front of me and passed her at the wall. One guy passed me decidedly and then proceeded to collide into me head on, twice despite me hugging the ropes. Ouch.


This race does not time transitions. You did not hit the timing mat until you got out the pool, ran outside and about 1/2 way bw the pool and your bike.

swim more and get better at flip turns.

This time includes time spent in T1. I think Fatty would be mostly proud. I dropped my cap and goggles, sunglasses on, helemt on, and was off. I did struggle with getting some arm warmers on but I think I'm going to pass on these in the future. Even though it was chilly (my toes and fingers were cold the entire race), I don't think these helped at all.

Got up to speed ok but took my time getting my feet in my shoes. I think I did a good job of pushing it (for my fitness) while still leaving something for the run.

Did get hung up in one section bc of traffic bottleneck. A large Budget moving truck was not passing cyclists bc of turns in the road. Bc of this the cyclists got bunched up behind the slow front rider. One woman, with a front basket and streamers on her bike handles, was out a bit in the road. I called out to her but her reply was, "where you gonna go?". Um, if you push over to where you should be I can get by. :sigh:

Forgot to take my feet out of my shoes until too close to the dismount. I had my left foot out but not my right. Clumsily cost me a few seconds.

Bike more. Not forget to get my feet out of my shoes.

You cross the timing mat right after dismounting the bike so T2 time is incorporated into the Run time. I racked well, helmet off. I did sit to put on my shoes but decided to try to run without socks. As I grabbed my hat I knocked my goggles across the aisle so I had to go turn around and put them back in my spot. grr.

Not throw my goggles into my hat.

As I turned the first corner onto Butler Pl. I remembered I forgot to hit my gps watch. When I looked down I noticed I was no longer timing anything. I must have accidentally hit a wrong button. I was bummed bc I really wanted to know what my overall time was. I had a goal to come in under 50 minutes and I wonder if I had this information if I could have pushed myself even harder.

My legs felt very heavy right from the start. I was breathing hard but felt capable aerobically, but my legs just didn't want to move. I felt like I was going at a snails pace. I am pretty happy with how I pushed myself. I kept trying to go faster and faster and never let myself slow down. I finished strong with a smile on my face.

I keep looking at my run pace. Is that really under 9 min/mi? INCLUDING time spent in T2? For me, I'm pretty darn happy with that.

There were two water stations on the run course. I grabbed a quick drink at the first (at start on Butler Pl) and didn't bother with the second.

More bricks.

Warm down included playing with the kids and being social. Got to meet Senator Brown and fellow BTer gcoller. I think 70% of everyone I know in town ran this race as well.


My fitness. Need to lose more weight.


I thought this event was ok. I don't think they do a good job of disseminating information (ie. when does transition open?, would there be water stations on course?) but they got it done smoothly.