Reston Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I felt great for the first 200m but died a bit on the last 200. Minimal bunching problems as this was a one-way swim in a 50m pool. Happy with this result as its 40 or so seconds better than my past (wetsuit-less) swims at this race.

Maybe hold back a bit in the first 200m.

Good transition given that I had to get the batsuit off. The transition area is very long so probably half of this time was spent running to my rack from the pool.

The bike went very well. As planned, I did the whole thing in the large chain ring (to avoid dropping my chain), but I held back just a bit on the biggest hill to save something for the run.


I always wonder how much better I could do with a decent bike...mine is a piece of crap.

I started to run and realized I didn't grab my garmin off my bike. That cost me probably 10 seconds as I had to yank it twice to get it off and then I fidgeted with it to pop it onto my quick-release wrist strap as I ran. I was glad to have it along with me for the run though.

Remember to grab the garmin before I put the bike onto the rack.

I felt good coming off the bike and, as planned, slammed it into high gear in the first downhill mile. I wasn't going quite the pace I had hoped, but the hillier sections later on felt not that bad. The hill sprints I've been doing for the last couple of weeks really seemed to pay off here.

Nothing. Pushed it as hard as I could. 90 seconds faster on this course than I was the last time I did this race. Can't complain.

When I saw my overall time I pleased that I had shaved off 2 minutes from my previous best tima at this race. However, I was 4/52 in my age group, so I was convinced I didn't place (they only give awards for the top 2 in AG). But, I just now found out that I was first in my AG because three other guys placed up in masters and clydes. Woo-hoo!

I wish they would do the award ceremony earlier. Having one-way traffic for the swim really stretches out the overall length of the event. I guess I'd rather have a less-congested one-way swim than an earlier award ceremony...