Sharon's Back Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was bummed to not wear wetsuit but water was just too warm. Lots of bumping around in my wave, suffered a few kicks and whacks but overall was okay. Switched to breast stroke a few times for sighting. I felt my Road ID bracelet slipping off about 2/3 of swim. I grabbed it just in time before it was headed to the bottom of the murky lake! I ended up swimming with it clasped in my right hand for the remainder of the swim, I'm sure that didn't help my stroke!

Swim faster

It was raining as we were setting up transition so some of my things were wet and in plastic bags. That slowed me down a tad. I'm disappointed with my T1 time especially since I didn't have to get out of my wetsuit. Not sure what happened here.

Felt pretty good on the bike. Was passed mostly by men, only a few women. I was happy to have an average pace over 16mph.

Bike faster

Clearly I need to work on my run again following taking a break due to shin injury. I was very happy that I only walked through water stops and my shin cooperated. I found a guy that was running the same pace as me and we ended up being "runny buddies" for most of the run. It was great to have the company, made it go by faster. He smoked me at the finish line, though. :)

Train more for the run when injury-free and run faster!

Walked around to catch my breath after sprinting to finish


Lack of run training due to injury. I need to continue to train consistently so I can keep making progress with my race results.


Loved this race and would totally do it again! Such a great race course and wonderful atmosphere!! Lots of my Baystate Tri teammates were there, which always makes for a good time!!