Lake Mills Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Water was cold - I heard someone say the water was over 70 but I could believe it. Regardless the swim felt poor for me. I don't know if it was the cold, or my lack of swimming leading up to the race, but I just didn't feel comfortable swimming. I might have gone too hard at the beginning causing my HR to spike, but not sure why I felt so uncomfortable. Alcatraz is next week and I pray I don't feel the way I did today.

More OWS training

Wetsuit got stuck on my heel but other than that felt my T1 was adequate

Practice taking off wetsuit

I chose not to mount my aero bottle since I thought it would be overkill along with my normal bottle. I should have gone with just the aero bottle so I wouldn't have had to get out of aero to hydrate. Overall though the bike felt great. I forgot that my garmin in multisport mode does not show mph so I wasn't sure how I was pacing. Also miffed my HR wasn't working. The course was relatively flat and overall felt good on the bike. I probably could've hammered it a little harder but it was a good pace for me

Check and configure garmin prior to race

Fastest T1 to date, though this was smaller race with a smaller T1. Chose to not put socks on which caused some issues during the run. Grabbed a gu, race belt and took off.

PR my 5K, not just in sprints but for all races. Excited that I was able to keep such a fast pace and still feel great at the end. As I mentioned before, I chose not to wear socks in my newish Zoots. Shortly after the turnaround, I started feeling something on my heels, as if the timing chip strap was rubbing. The pain got worse but I knew I was close to the end so I figured I'd run through it. After the race I realized I chaffed both heels pretty good. I'm a little surprised by this since through I haven't run without socks in these shoes before, I've run about 100 miles without ever having this problem. I also put on yanks for this race and don't know if that could've caused it. Overall though I'm happy about the performance. I just hope it'll heel in time for my next race.

Put socks on. Could've picked up the pace at the end.

Walked around, grabbed a burrito and some water. I had to wait for the last biker to finish before I could get into transition. This is a first for me since usually I don't finish so early in the race!


Could've swam faster had I felt more comfortable. Nutrition was spot on and did not feel dehydrated. I think the course is great for beginners as well as faster athletes looking to fine tune parts of their game. I went into the race knowing I wanted to get some work in before Alcatraz. I didn't necessarily want to go all out, but knew it would be tough for me not to "race". In the end, I'm super happy about my results. I think the additional training I've gone through this year has really translated into an improved race.


Liked the burritos at the end. Packet pickup was a bit chaotic but the RD reacted quickly and got additional people to help out. The lines quickly diminished though they still needed to delay the start time 10 minutes.