Texas Stampede Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim start went along the beach. I think the buoys were on the move. Rounding the first buoy was in about 3 feet of water. A bunch of people stood up and walked around the buoy. The race was supposed to be 500m but it was probably more like half a mile by my time. They later updated the distance to 700m but I think it was a little longer. My goggles fogged for the last quarter of the swim and I couldn't see anything. For some reason, I didn't have alot of people around me at all during the entire swim. I started in front and seemed to stay in a nice quiet pocket for the most part.

Figure out how to keep my goggles from fogging. Cost me some time at the end due to unnecessary zig zagging at the end. Still felt very strong at the end.

I have decided in the past few races to just put my feet in my shoes in transition and ride at the mount line. My coach suggested this and I don't think there is anything to gain from messing with shoes after you get on the bike. Longish run from the water to my bike. Left my Keens down by the carpet. I think that was a good strategy.

Not much actually.

A few of the hills caught me by surprise as I rounded a corner. I was not prepared and was in the wrong gear. Really cost me some time. The second time around was much better as I was prepared for what was coming. Forgot to shift into the big crank for one of the downhill sections and that cost me a little speed. Had a group of non-racing cyclists who surrounded me at one point. I asked them to either move on or get behind me. Thank god I didn't get a penalty when I was in their pack.

Next time, I will try to drive the bike course when I get to the location before the race.

Good in transition. I took a second to take a shark salt before I headed out on the run. I think that was worth the few seconds invested. I really felt good heading out on the run.

Nothing much.

My running has been coming along. I really didn't think I was going this fast. This is the first race my run time has averaged less than 8 minutes per mile. I am very happy with the run results today. There were not many volunteers at the aid station so it was difficult to get enough water between drinking and dumping on my head to keep cool.

Keep training and get faster.

Had a bottle of water, banana, popsickle and walked to cool down.


I went on vacation two weeks ago and haven't put alot of miles on the bike in the past few weeks. I think my fitness level on the bike was a little off. I was more interested in getting in an open water swim. I think the bike split should have been faster. The buoy situation in the water was a little wacky and very few volunteers at the run aid station didn't help.


The lack of volunteers was a problem. The referee on the motorcycle almost took me out on the bike portion. Park was pretty active with non-participants. Swim buoys were all over the place. I'm not sure what was going on there. Post race activities were non-existent for the most part. I signed up late so it wasn't great for the money. If I registered early it wouldn't have been so bad. SWAG bag was pretty lame. Mostly advertisements.