Brickman Richmond Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Pool was heated but I froze waiting for my start time. Didn't get passed and gained on but didn't pass the swimmer in front of me. I guess we all estimated our 300M times with the same level of accuracy.

Bring warm clothes. I could have left a jacket on one of the tables underneath the pavillion and picked it up after the race.

The run to T1 was brutal on the concrete and rough asphalt path. I ran hard and my feet were hurting. They are still sore 24 hrs later. I decided not to clip my tri shoes into the pedals. I had not practiced much, the ground was wet, and I was pretty close to the bike out area.

Toughen up feet more before hand. Practice with shoes clipped in.

Cold, wet, raining hard at times. It was pretty bad. I don't think I have ever done a race in such poor conditions. Makes you wonder how many people stayed in bed that morning rather that subject themselves to the pain. Only 2 people passed we on the bike so I felt pretty good about it.

You can't contol the weather.

Almost lost control coming around the last corner toward the dismount area. I had taken my feet out of my shoes but must have shifted my right foot trying to get centered and my foot slipped off. The shoe rotated and struck the ground causing me to steer toward the curb. Good thing I was slowing down. I recovered, left the shoe for a volunteer to pick up, and executed a pretty good flying dismount just before the line.



Practice removing feet from shoes and the flying dismount alot more next season. It is a little scary at times especially when other racers are in the mix.

Feet were numb and it felt like i was running on stumps. About halfway my feet started feeling normal again and I picked up the pace. Only got passed by one person and passed many.

Maybe wool socks would help.

grabbed a drink of powerade and a slice a pizza and headed out to find my lost tri shoe. The volunteer at the turn took me to the RMS person who had it for safekeeping. After that I went into the TA and got my GA Tech sweatshirt. I was partially wet and I made the mistake of putting it over my wet singlet so it got wetter. Luckily I also brought a rain poncho and put that on too. I felt much better and ate some more and talked to other athletes and friends. I did keep shivering for another hour or so even while I was in a heated room.


I think the weather conditions slowed me down some but overall my performance was actually better than some of my past results at this triathlon venue.


This is usually a great end of season race although it is usually cold at start time. In past years it has been sunny and warmed up after the swim so it has been bearable. I think it might have gotten up to 54 deg during the race.