Triathlon by the Sea - TriathlonSprint

Good swim - I started at a good comfortable pace and kept it going. I passed two people in the pool. I registered thinking 5:23 was accurate for 250 but I ended up faster than that. I got out of the pool still strong and winded but not real bad. I was in good shape getting out to the transition.

Time myself better beforehand. I could have passed another swimmer on the last lap, but chose to hang back in fear of sprinting to get out the pool and having a lot of trouble on the early part of the bike. If I had ranked myself more appropriately, I probably could have drafted and finished even faster.

I had everything laid out well and there weren't any problems. The temp increased probably 15 degrees from when I set up to when I got to T1 so I had extra clothes hanging off the bike needlessly. Ended up getting in the way.

Not much.

I was a little surprised by the rolling hills on the bike. Nothing real high, but they really rolled alot. It make it very difficult to get into any type of groove. I was constantly shifting gears to stay comfortable - powering up the hills was hard because they just kept coming - I didn't feel there was enough recovery on the back side of them.

Train for hills differently. Increase frequency of uphills to strengthen my ability to get up them, as well as decrease recovery time on the backside.

T2 went well. With more practice I could have done a little better, but not much.

Not disturb T2 gear while going through T1

Not a good run for me. I battled shin splints from 1mile to 2.5miles that had me stop a couple of times to stretch and walk. Really annoyed because I didn't have a problem with shin-splints during training. Last mile went really well, though, as I was in good aerobic shape for a strong finish. I had a good kick and a nice fast pace through the finish line.

Not get shin splints. I don't know why they came on when they did, but it sure made me miserable.

I was fast in the water, fast through transitions, and right on target on the bike. The shin splints during the run really slowed me down. I think more time on the bike doing hills would have helped alot as well. My water time probably could have been in the 4:30 range is I was seeded better. I passed the guy in front of me during lap 2, passed another person on lap 6 or so, and ended up drafting a 3rd person on lap 10.


Well run event. There were a couple of spots that were hairy - I ran into another racer when she was entering the finish area, and I was leaving T2 - I tried to stay right, but she was hugging the curb. There were some parts that I thought could have had cones or signs or a better explanation of how it would work. I would have liked to have seen the course beforehand but nothing was posted.