Lake Mills Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Second tri so didnt want to do anything dumb. Well, I found myself in the middle of the pack at the start instead of starting out on the outside. Kicked and so on as expected but nothing major. Leaned a bit more on the sidestroke than I would have liked, but felt a lot more fresh than after my first tri last year. Threw in freestyle for a bit whenever I felt like it. HR was around 160 when I exited and the run from the beach to transition was about 60 yards. 40 seconds higher than expectations.

Swim needs work and I need to do more OWS in training. If I ever want to compete in my AG there is no way I can have a weakness like this. Still, will cut some slack as this is second time and was a lot better than first one.

T1 better than first race but still much to be desired. Dicked around with socks (probably not necessary for sprints but need to work up to it) and more importantly Garmin. Gotta figure out a plan for that cuz I dont want to zap it in the water and it is a very useful tool.

Wear race number on jersey, replan how to get Garmin on, maybe go no socks for sprints. Could have had better awarness of where my stuff was too.

Just about right where I figured I would roll in. I was hoping for sub 42 min here and just hit it. Obviously, would have liked to hit 22 but not really there yet ever in training. The elevated HR had me a bit cautious, but just raced my race. Was cautious on some corners as loose gravel on some of them. Was thinking about kamikazing some of the tools that were blatantly running pace lines on the way in while I was out from prior waves. Lame.

I lost track of my shifting at one point where I was spinning way too low a gear and for some reason forgot to shift and thought the chain was off. Duh. Probably cost me about 30 seconds (which would have gotten me under my 1:15 overall goal. Maybe go a little bit harder in some parts and not worry too hard about the HRM.

Happy with the time overall. Once again, knowing my rack would have been helpful as it cost a few seconds.

Just be better with knowing exactly which rack is mine, maybe visualizing the whole race from the start. Nice and quick though getting in and out.

I think 34ish was right. Was very pleased with the run and was about one minute faster than expected. 6:16 was first mile split so legs were rarin' to go off the bike. Kind of settled into a 6:20 pace. One thing I discovered after was that that Garmin display was showing avg pace and not current like I am used to. I couldnt figure out how in the hell I couldnt be running faster than what the clock was showing with my final kick.

No complaints, maybe switch the Garmin display.

Light stretching, ate breakfast burrito, oranges, banana and water. A beer and half a margo later on with some folks from Motion.


Need to work at swim, specifically OWS confidence. I was shocked to see my HR so high after the swim but was able to maintain it. In training I generally run the same levels and it was good to see what I can sustain. Was 155 avg for the race.


Nice easy course. Good location and nice way to start off the season. No complaints really. Got to meet Pseudo Yams, PeterAK, some folks from my fitness club and a coworker who did it. Good time overall.