Couples Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I hadn't done any swimming since before my honeymoon two weeks earlier, so I didn't know what to expect. I thought I was faster than this and I FELT faster in the water, so who knows. I was hoping to keep it around 17min total, but oh well.

Swim more, swim more, swim more.....oh and learn how to swim properly.

It's a long uphill run from the swim exit to Transition, so I didn't think I did too bad. Nothing went wrong. I took a few seconds to wipe the mud/dirt from my feet before putting the bike shoes on.

learn how to jump on bike with shoes already clipped in.

I felt like I was going faster than I did, but that was probably because I was in the next to last wave and was passing just about everyone else. Because of honeymoon I hadn't done a lot of riding and was pleased with the ride overall.

Just ride more...could have done more riding on the cruise ship than I did...at least staionairy bike. No mechanical issues, stayed upright...it was a good ride!

I don't like the small little uphill and speed bump before the stop line so I didn't take my feet out of my shoes. Probably cost me a few seconds but oh well. I did run with and find my rack easily though.

Just get better at getting shoes out of feet while going slightly uphill

I felt good the entire run and didn't feel tired at all....thanks to all the running I've been doing. I ran up the hill the full way and didn't stop at all. Only got passed by one or two people. Didn't think I was going this fast...so cheers to me! I had run just over 9 miles the previous day with a really hard kick at the end so I was very pleased with the run.

Just keep losing weight and keep getting faster

walked around the post race area with my new ice cold water bottle. Also had a nice post race beer...thank you new belgium brewing!


maybe the long run the day before took a little out of me, but I still improved my time from the last time I did this race by over 13min so I'm feeling pretty good.


Another great race by the High Five event folks. The weather wasn't too hot and there was a little shade on the run course...thank goodness. Great race and a good test to see how my training is doing after my honeymoon. Texas Tri Series is half way done.