Wild Cat Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

For my first triathlon I thought I did pretty good. Will definitely do more group open water swims next time in preparation. Got stuck behind someones kick for a bit and it made breathing difficult. Finally got around it and rolled to my back and did a backstroke across the top of the triangle to try to clear up my breathing.

More open water group training. I think I would have had a better time if I was better at getting ahead of people it would have been a better swim for me as that's my strongest part of the event.

Good transition considering I didn't have much practice. Only thing I forgot to put on was my gloves. I did bring a bucket to rinse my feet because I insist on wearing socks. Surprisingly though, it was the fastest I have ever gotten my feet clipped in.

Improve my ability to jump on the bike. Currently I still have to stop, climb on and then take off and clip in.

Road conditions were bad. I can deal with wet roads, but the grooved roads for construction would have been nice to know about in advance.

Although roads were wet, I had no problem getting up to speed. Wish my cyclometer worked though... it didn't register at all during the race. Relied on my watch which was pretty accurate throughout.

Remember to put my gloves on. And look into getting Aero bars for the bike. And get a cyclometer that works ALL the time, not just when it wants to.

Slow to get off my bike as I'm not very good at unclipping and getting off the bike. Roads were still wet so running across the street was slow.

Practice getting off my bike!

Struggled with the run. Legs felt like jello for the first mile. Walked a little at the 2 mile mark.

Not carry a bottle of water with me.

Minimal stretching.


A good event for a first timer.