River Cities Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

This was the smallest amount of contact I think I've ever had in an OWS. For a poor swimmer like me, I actually felt this was a good swim. My swim was fairly straight, and felt like I maintained a steady medium-level effort the whole way.

My swim stroke is a lot better, but lack of pool visits means that I don't have the swim fitness to really push it. With some dedicated training, I should easily be able to pick up quite a bit of time here.

Great sprint course. Enough small rollers to break things up, but not enough to cause concerns. Overall, this ride was close to my threshold for a sprint....might have been able to push a few sections a little more, but not much. Overall, a good ride for me.

I've been logging a lot of miles, but not doing any speed work. With the right training mix, I should be able to crank out another 1 or 2 mph. Still, this was a break-through year for me and my time was several minutes under the bike in previous years.

This seemed like an easier run than in years past because of the cloud cover. Still, I pushed fairly hard, but had more in the tank at the finish. I should have been able to go under 8-min miles without too much effort. I'd grade this an average run!

Settle in the first 1/2-mile, then PUSH. I should be able to take at least a minute, maybe two, off my run time.

This was a big improvement for me over the last three years. I dropped my time by almost 7-minutes over my previous best, and moved up in the standings over 100 places from past years. I'm very pleased with the results, but think I could take another 4 to 6 minutes off this time next year with a little focus and work. Next years goal time: 1:33


This is, year after year, the best sprint race I've done. The venue is excellent, the race is well organized, and the SWAG is great! This was year four in a row for me, and I can't wait til next year!