Ripon Medical Center Triathlon - Sprint Course - TriathlonSprint

I started strong, but just didn't have the training or experience i needed to perform well. After about 200m i decided to flip and backstroke the rest. This went well except for the sighting. Shoulders were pretty sore afterwards. I really need to work on swimming. 15 minutes leaves me a lot of room for improvement. On a positive note, I did finish!

Train more...lots more. Shouldn't be a problem since i spent about 3% of my training time swimming - maybe even less.

Everything went well. I just took my time and made sure i didn't forget anything

Bike went well. I had ridden the course before hand so i knew which hills i should push and which ones i should back off. I pushed all but the first hill and then continued to push the flats. I passed a lot of people and was passed by 2 others. Probably because i was playing catch-up with everyone after the swim. I did lose my steam in hte last 1.5 miles. I was pushing hard thinking it was all flat until the big downhill, but there ended up being a small hill that slapped me in the face and made me suffer.

Not much. Just leave a little more in the tank to push through that last small hill.

Did well. Grabbed a gel shot becasue my stomach was growling. A bagel with PB isn't quite enough for me in the morning. Turned out that gel gave me some heartburn during the run. I usually go the gummybear route. I should have been wise enough to bring some along but I did not. Really i don't think this slowed me down at all.

Tried to go at a relatively easy pace to start out with. I usually run in the 7:30-7:45 range for this distance without a bike ride before hand, so i was happy. Legs were a little tired, but still had good energy. I was just breathing really hard still coming off the bike and then having to run up hill for the first half mile caused some discomfort. Once i got to the top of the hill, i coasted down the backside. It was a out and back so after the turn i pushed it up the hill and then cruised into the finish.

Not too much. Do some brick workouts to get used to running off the bike. Flet like i had concrete shoes attached to rubber legs, and i had no clue how fast i was running. I basically just pushed and listened to my breathing to try to figure out what pace to run.

Just met up with my family and checked the results and saw i came in 2nd in my AG. I was super psyched for my first race!!


Lack of training


Overall i would say this is a great race for any beginner. It is laid back. I switched from the Olympic to the Sprint the day before the race. The bike is a little challenging with some hills, but not anything like the hills near Madison. The run is nice being on a private road through the woods. All shade and even though there are two decent hills, it is an out and back so what goes up must come down. Great organization and course was very well marked. Post race has good food and the Green Lake area is a beautiful place no matter what you decide to do. Having only done distance running events in the past, I don't have much experience in ranking events, but i would say this event is great!!