Surf & Turf Super-Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonMini Sprint

Great swim, missed being 1st in my age group by 6 seconds. I had no problems sighting, never had a problem with the surf, I've learned to like the rough water, the weekly workouts at the beach are paying off!

Probably still could have pushed it a little harder on the swim.

Good transition, sat down and took wesuit off and ran into transition.

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I felt like I had a good bike, I knew I had to keep my speed up over 22 to beat my last years time. It was very windy and raining and it was hard to see, especially with the spay coming off the rear tires of the other riders. I really tried to get as aero as possible and I think it paid off.

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Had cages on so I had my running shoes on the whole time. This is the first time I had my race number pinned to my tri-shorts, I had it tucked in for the swim. I think it is faster than the race belt.

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It's a strange run, I had fun talking with a friend of mine, we changed leads a few times but overall I like running on the beach. Again I think the weekly workouts at the beach paid off, we run in soft sand so the hardpack was easy.

Should have pushed it harder on the run, no mile markers to guage my pace but I should have known that if I was talking and laughing I wasn't running hard enough.

There was no such thing as a warm down, it was still raining and freezing! I put everything I owned on and tried to stay out of the rain.


The run was not as good as it should have been, the rest of the race was great.


This was the first race that I have ever placed in, I was very surprised! I might be on to something because I had no expectations going in other than trying not to throw up. Once the race started I felt fine, it was the most fun I have ever had racing, there was a couple of my friends that I have never beat and I could see that I was out in front of them, that helped me keep the pace up.