Tazewell County Jaycees Tri for Kid's Sake - TriathlonSprint

There were some people ahead of me that should never have been there. I had to pass a couple woman that should have been probably 20 places behind me and it was a little aggravating because the first one was a pain to pass because of the serpentine swim. She stopped at the wall after I touched her feet once or twice hehe and let me pass. Overall I felt like I can definitley improve this area. I placed third overall on the swim. There was a 15 year old kid that was a beast in there. Once you swam the yards we had to jump out of the pool and run around I'd say 100-130 yards to the transition. That is why the swim time is slower. I probably went closer to 1:10 or better on the 100's I think.

Not get stuck behind slower swimmers! I was frustrated with it but, there wasn't much I could do about it but just go hard. :)

I was 1st overall here!!! How does this happen on your' first tri?!! Seriously!?! Blew my mind that I got first in T1. I was so nervous about transitions and all. I practiced the rubber band on my shoes with them already clipped in during this week and I found it to be extremely easy so I went with it. Guess it paid off.

Not sure what I could improve on. Had an issue with the curb having broken cement right outside T1 but, nothing to get upset over. I was a huffing and a puffing though.

So far the biking area has been my biggest weakness I think. I just started biking and I mean just started in March. I havn't biked in over 12 years really and never anything on road bikes before. I was really happy though with my results today. I was only passed by two people on the bike course and they both had carbon frames and probably 5x the money into their bike vs my Trek 1.2 with aero bar clip ons. It was pretty fast paced I think. When I turned to go east I could really feel the wind blowing on me but, I knew it would only be for a little bit. I did good and lapped a bunch of the people that were still doing their first loop of the bike course. I have improved my bike so much in the last couple months and averaged just under 20 mph. If they didn't have a stupid curb close to transition I would have averaged 20 but, you had to stop and dismount, pick your bike up over the curb and run it to transition. Overall I was really happy and think I could have possibly pushed it just a tad harder.

Just keep getting more saddle time. The results continue to show as the weeks pass on. Like I said I can see this improving more and then getting me even faster in the future.

Like I said the stupid curb before transition really screwed with me and most people I talked to didn't like it but, there wasn't anything they could do about it. I had some issues getting my left foot into my shoe that took me a couple extra seconds. Also had an issue trying to get race belt to snap on behind my back.(dummy) I was impressed with the time overall and hope to do better next go around maybe. Was also really nice to hear my wife and kid and sister/ other relatives cheering me on!

When putting my race belt on do it so that I can see the buckle infront of me instead of behind my back. Would have made things easier and run while trying to do it as well would have cut down a few seconds as well.

Oh boy am I glad I practiced doing some bricks! This was tough right out of the gate. I'm pretty sure my HR was spiked pretty good especially at the start. Got a quater mile into it and found a good rytham to go by. I think with it as hot as it was though they should have had two water stations instead of the one at 1.5 miles. It was ok but it would have been nice to throw some water on myself at mile 2 to cool down a bit. I only was passed by one guy and that was the guy who got third overall. We talked for a minute while I ran with him and he told me he was trying to catch me on the swim but, couldn't do it. He finally caught me on the run :P I passed a couple more guys and passed the overall winner for the woman as well. Feet felt like they were bricks at about 2 and a quater mile mark. When I was getting close to the finish my sister was there running and taking pictures yelling for me to go and that I was in the top 10! The only confusing part was you had to run over some timing mats on the sidewalk off the street and there wasn't anyone telling/yelling for you to do that other than my sister who was running along side me and taking pictures. Then you had to run over through the actual finsish line. Confusing.. I heard my wife and other relitives yelling and put on a burst of speed and crossed the finish line whew! The whole run didn't feel like I was going very fast...boy was I surprised.

Possibly put socks on. I ended up getting two blisters on my left foot because my yanks are to tight over there. I figured I would be fine for a sprint but, the shoe was to tight and started to yell at me at mile 2.

Walked around for a minute then had to stoop over to try and catch my breath. Drank some water and ate half a bannana.


Experience I think. This was my first tri and I will be analyzing everything about it for the next two weeks to prepare for the next one. Also just need more saddle time in the bike to get more leg muscles.


Overall I had a blast. It started about 10 minutes late I think as well. I think they need more volunteers to point out a couple spots on the run that were not marked on the street and also the whole finish line/double finish line sidewalk thing was confusing coming in the end the race. Thank you sister for directing me! Overall I'd do this race again as long as I have the weekend off. Was a great first triathlon for me and I also got 1st in my AG! Still stoked about that and I got 8th overall!!! Can't believe it!.