Elkhart Lake Triathlon - Sprint Course - TriathlonSprint

First time trial start - ran in, jumped in and hit the gas and ran immediately into a group of floating sea-mines drifting slowly across the course. I thought that these folks would be bit faster - trying to get around them, caught a lungful of water and had to stop for almost a minute to get breath back and don't hork. Settled in after that but given the short course the damage was done - left at least a minute on the swim course.

try not to avoid minefields (plow through - I'll be gone quickly anyway) and try to avoid lungfuls of water

long run out of the water - rest worked well

nothing really

Good ride - nice effort (hard but not too hard, left something in the tank) passed a lot of people with bling bikes and only got passed by a few - 37rd overall is NICE - engine always trumps the rig!

want to get a compact chainring in front

Vibrams definitely slow down transition - took at least 30 secs longer to get them on vs. running shoes

not much I can do if I want to run in Vibrams

While not a great run at least not the usual slaughter - running training seems to have paid off. Really tough course with the big hill in the middle (people walking up)

Push harder, I think I should be able to

got some Gatorade, Water, and Bagel and started cheering the people coming in


Bad swim, try to avoid breathing water and need to be push harder on the run


Fun race but I think I'm done with Sprints - they are just over too quickly