Clemson Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Awesome swim for me! I've learned that the beginning is always going to be a little rough. I struggle with all the other swimmers, and just catching my breath. But I reminded myself that the beginning of every pool workout is tiring, but I can do 750m in my sleep. So, after the first 100 meters, or so, I really settled in and felt great. My breathing was good, sighting was good, and I found myself passing other swimmers, which is pretty rare for me.

Nothing, the start was rougher than I want, but manageable, and the rest of the swim was pretty exemplary for me.

I struggled just a little with getting my wetsuit off, but not much. Overall, I'm happy with this time.

Remember to put lube on my ankles and wrists for the suit.

Really happy with my performance, as this is my first 20mph average. I pushed and was able to stay with some relatively fast guys for just about the whole bike. I really tried to hammer it up the first hill, and I think it made a difference. I cornered really well, also. I'm not sure I could've done it much faster.

In retrospect, I always feel like I could've gone harder, but I did just about everything as well as I could.

A good transition for me, in and out. Oh, and I managed to hit my Garmin buttons in every stage this race, which is great!

Not much

This run capped off a great race for me. I started off running next to a guy in my AG who had been riding with me the whole bike course, we passed each other 4 or 5 times. I used the downhill at the beginning to pass him and never saw him again. After that, I tried to just keep the pedal down, accept that it was going to hurt, and keep running hard.

I would have dropped dead if I'd gone harder; I'm sure of it.

I was pretty beat at the end, so I spent a little time just cooling off and getting my head back on straight. Then I had some coke and a water, and headed over to the Performance Therapy tent for a quick ART massage, that stuff really works.


I'm sure a proper taper would help. I came into the race with 24 miles of running, 58 miles of biking, and 8,500 yards of swimming; however, I'd say this race pretty much captured what I'm able to do in a race right now. I PRed every part of it, so I can't complain.


I love the course, and Set Up does a great job putting on the race.