White Lake Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Not a strong swimmer and the cold made this very challenging. I swam most of the distance on my back or doing the breath stroke.

Nothing, given the limited time I spend in the pool and the temp of the water, I'm not disappointed with the swim. I would have liked to have had some booties, my feet were numb until about the end of mile 1 on the run.

Struggled getting socks on in T area, feet and legs were numb. Wet Suit came right off with no issues. Struggled again once I tried to get my feet into my bike shoes about a 1/4 mile into the start of the ride, pretty sure it's because my feet were numb. 1st mile was 17 seconds slower than any other mile.

Need more work on transition from swim to bike, usually my bricks only consist of bike to run. 9th in my AG for that transition, so can't be too disappointed.

Really enjoyed the bike course.

Need to work on drinking while riding, especially after a wet-suit swim.

Feet were still numb, so I chose to unclip instead of trying to put feet on top of shoes, think it was the right call for the day. Struggled a little getting the bike shoes off and running shoes on, then forgot to pull my quick laces tight on running shoes.

Nothing, just continue to practice bricks and the times will continue to improve.

Pretty easy run course, didn't like the fact that outgoing and incoming were on the same path, which wasn't much bigger than a sidewalk. Made it tough to pass at times and didn't have good access to the 1 water point coming back to the finish.

Given how high my starting heart rate was, I was very pleased with the run performance.

Very little, stretched, said a few "choice" words to myself, then found the wife and kids.


My HR really jumped in the cold water, I tried to bring it down without losing too much time on the bike, but I couldn't bring it down to normal race levels. I was afraid to push myself on the bike with my heart rate already passed my normal running level, that definitely cost me some time on the bike, but possibly saved me for the run since I was able to keep my normal run race pace.


Race was very well done. No complaints for set-up events, their staff and especially the volunteers. I saw 1 guy try to do the swim without a wet-suit, he didn't make it to the first buoy before they were pulling him out.