Silverlake Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Typical slow swim for me. Had to back stroke some to rest a little bit.

More swim practice.

Putting socks on wet feet worked out well. Did not put on a jersey shirt.

Not much. Did a good job.

Great ride! Pushed hard and steady and felt very comfortable.

Had a close call near the beginning. At about the 2 mile mark, I see a shadow coming up on my right. What the ??, someone passing on my right! I ease over to the left, and the shadow gets closer, so I move again to the left, and from my LEFT side, I hear, "Whoa, watch it." We bump bodies at 20mph and lightly push off from each other as he continues his pass. He had not said anything on his approach and the way his shadow was cast, it made it seem like he was coming up on the right. Nobody crashed and everything was cool. Wow, that was close!

In the straight sections I averaged 22-23, with a max of 24.7. The corners and traffic brought my average down.

Not too much, maybe focus on efficiency, pedal stroke, and faster cornering.

Good T2.

Not much.

Good fast run, passed a lot of folks.

Not much.

Walked around, drank some water, ate some fruit.


Overall ability and swimming skill. This was my second triathlon, so there are still a lot of little things to work on.


A very good race, especially for a first-time event. Lots and lots of food and drinks with very good variety. The only downside was lack of portacans. There were only 5 for the whole event. The line before the race was ENORMOUS. I knew this would be a problem and was glad I took care of business early before the race.