Sportspectrum River Cities Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I positioned myself in the middle front of the 101 person wave to get off fast and hopefully catch a faster swimmers legs. Three of us got to the front and swam side by side for the first 200 yards, then I let one go ahead of me and I jumped on his feet the whole rest of the way to the swim finish. It helped to draft his feet. I thought I would get out in about 13:00 minutes and was disappointed when I saw my 15:00 time. I found out later that the course was way long (150-200 meters) due to the storm last night wiping out all the buoys. They had to set-up the course in a hurry the morning of the race and didn't have time to make it exact. No big deal, everyone had to swim the same distance.

Nothing, it was a good swim and one of my best decision making and siting that I have ever done. I could use some more speed but it's not worth the effort when my run needs more work.

I had a hard time getting my "land legs" going into T1 and could not catch my breath. Much better after I got on my bike.

Run faster

Good bike. I really love this course. It's a tough and beautiful bike course with some sections that you can fly on and some sections that you have to work hard on. I had a great time but wonder what I could have done if I had been riding through a bunch of guys instead of all the women's waves that started ahead of me. Just that extra push might have made me go faster. I only had 1 guy pass me the whole way and he was actually in the wave ahead of me and just had a bad swim.

More time trialing and hill work.

Good dismount on the bike and easy run out of T2. Amazing how much faster it can be when you don't wear socks.

Nada.

Not terrible for me but not great either. I ran/walked the course as usual. I "ran" the first mile until 5 guys in my AG passed me, then I started to slow as I lost the thought of placing high enough to medal. I need to do more brick workouts to get my legs better at running off the bike for all distances and keep pushing in case someone who passed me bonks. I feel like I am stuck in Half Ironman/Ironman pace when I get off the bike. I just can't seem to run and keep running for 5k and 10k races.

Run faster.

Talk with friends, wait in line for food.


Running ability.


Best run race in USA. The storm that came through the night before just proved what a great race this really is and how well it's run. Not to mention the goody bag is incredible and the course is awesome. It filled up in 3 hours this year and I would expect it to fill at least that fast next year.