Wallis Sands Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Well, that's what I was scared of. I didn't do nearly enough to prepare for the swim and it cost me. Had a tough time getting out to the bouy, had to grab a surfboard for a minute, then headed parallel to land and had to grab another surfboard. I was on my back for a while and I think I was actually doing really well because I passed quite a few people once I got that down. I was running out of breath, hard time going more than 2-3 minutes, didn't feel like I was getting anywhere, it was brutal by all accounts.

Get in the effin water more. Once a week, at least, I need to get a good OWS in from here on out. By far my weakest event. Fully believe the OWS cost me my goal time.

Since I had my mountain bike I just got into my sneakers. I had a hard time getting the suit over the chip, my suit creeped up my leg a bit and the chip was exposed, exactly what I didn't want to happen, so it took me a few seconds to get my suit over the chip. Besides that though I thought it went off pretty smooth. Didn't get my cycling gloves on so I stuffed them down my shirt and rode with them like that.

Have to make sure the chip is further up my leg so I can get the suit off with no issues next time. Besides that, it felt ok.

The bike felt good, even though it was on the MB. After my super slow swim I at least was able to pick some people off on the bike. The only people that passed me were down in the aero position, no one cruised by me but I did plenty of cruising. I felt like I was the only one out there on a MB, and I didn't see anyone else in front of me with one. The pace felt pretty good the whole way, it was a really easy ride in terms of hills and such.

Have my road bike. Would have made a bigger difference than the transition time I saved with my sneakers on. It was just tough to get low and get anything going and there was a decent breeze and I just felt like a sail the whole time.

Super quick, parked the bike, took off my helmet, gulped some Gatorade and off I went. I don't even remember being in the T2 area.

Not much with no shoes.

The run felt super slow, but judging by the results I guess I moved ok. Didn't have too many people pass me on the way out, definitely did more passing than got passed. Way back in some people worked by me, but they were flying so I was ok with that.

In general, more bricks in training, specifically after 15 mile rides do a 5k. I was beat, my shoulders were sore, my legs were getting tired, I didn't have much left in the tank. I wanted to make a big final push through the finish line but it didn't really happen.

Found my fam and hung out for a while. Had a water, gatorade and piece of pizza.


Poor training, specifically on the swim. I felt ok on the bike and run, right around or better than I thought I'd be actually.


Awesome organization, everything was pretty well spread out, easy in, easy out, I hope every race is this smooth.