Jersey Genesis Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I tried to get to the far right and square off the first corner, but a bunch of folks got in front and outside of me. As a result it was a very physical swim. I bumped and banged for most of the first turn but once I got settled in I started getting into a nice groove and things space out. I was still bracketed by a couple of folks who would let me know they were there regularly. I got out of the bracket and round the turn well and settled into a 4-6 stroke rhythm, then I sitted and found myself headed straight into oncoming traffic. After than I when well to the inside and stayed out of trouble. Minor victory, only 1 white cap (Wave behind me) caught me in the water (two more got out of the water with me, but only one passed me!!). Good swim, and warm water. Glad I ditched the wetsuit,cause it would have be way too warm.

The swim ranking were for swim plus T1 times. Lesson Learned a poor T1 can waste a good swim.

Keep working on my siting and work the start better and stay out of the blender.

Got to my bike quickly, but went very slow and had trouble getting the bike shorts on and my South Park Jersey. Took my time but was frustratingly slow. Trouble clipping in (took a couple trys)

Got to work on these transitions, I am giving away alot of time in these short races.

Once I got going I got up to speed pretty quick. The disadvantage on being in the first wave is you tend to get demoralized cause you only can pass folks from your wave (who are normally match up pretty well with my ability level after the swim) but you have to deal with all the speedsters from the waves behind you. On one hand it sucks , to have people blasting past you, but on the other hand being able to hold the dudes with the disk wheels for 18 miles is fun. I did pretty well drinking Gatorade every 10 minutes or so and had a gel after the turnaround. I tried to hold some back on the way out and reached the turn at 30 min, then tried to push especially near the end. Basically even splits. Just missed my goal of 20 mph by 14 seconds, but a good ride. Got a lot of positive comments on my South Park Jersey. I was worried that Carmen's "Oh Man you guys really suck!" would rub folks the wrong way, but fortunately it didn't.

The bike rankings were bike plus T2 times.

Lost focus on the long Stretches where I was riding alllll alone, and probably eased up and lost time. But I actually felt like I was makng ground and my legs still felt good on the run, so as they say slow is fast.

Ok transtion. Very delibrate and had a false start as I forgot my hat, but had only gone a few steps.

Keep working on transitions.

Great run, especially considering I blew up on a similarly hot day just two weeks ago. Started off easy, and let a few people pass me as my legs came in. The third or fourth place woman passed me just as my legs came back so I picked it up and went with her. A little bit later I passed her. She asked what pace I was running and I told her 8:00/mile. We had another short conversation, but I dropped her soon after. I slowly picked up the effort as we went along, and I caught a bunch of people including most of the people who got me early on. Really the only people who got me were 3 women, one who was doing a relay, and the Bike Chick Jersey chick who had a nice comment about my South Park jersey. Finished strong, but I didn't feel like passing that last guy at the line and ruining the picture (that and he was weaving and I would have thought he was blocking if he wasn't so dead). Ran 8:01,7:54, 7:48, and 7:10. Considering how hot it was by the time we reached the run and how little speedwork I've done, that was a really good run. After looking at the results, I'd have to say that was even better than I had thought. I actually had a faster split than JohnnyKay!!! (Of course Johnny did crush me by about 10 minutes overall and was coming off a 23-24 MPH ride, but you gota take a small victory whenever you can.)

Not much, maybe push a bit earlier, but I can't complain. Relative to the field I'm pretty sure that was my best run ever in a tri (top 30%).

Drank a lot of water, got changed out of my wet clothes, put my bike in the car, went to the post race. Ate some watermellon, cantaloupe, a muffin, cake, water ice, and a hot dog. Talked with Johnny Kay and his wife for a bit and headed home.


It was reaalllly hot, and my transitions still need alot of work, but I still beat last year's time by over 2 minutes. Considering most of the people I talked to were slower due to the heat (weather was nearly perfect last year), I would have to say I did pretty good today.


This is the 3rd year I have done this race. It is a small race, no fancy chip timing, or huge goody bag, but I have been very impressed each year. Well organized, lots of volunteers, very friendly, and a really nice course. The other thing that has stuck me is the quality field that the race has attracted each year. Good time, met a bunch of BTers, and good race. I'll be back again next year.