Saratoga Splash Triathlon - Open Water Sprint - TriathlonSprint

This was an awful swim. This was my second OWS and my first went way better. I could not get my rhythm, (not that I have much of one to start). After the first 100 yards I literally felt like I had to quit. Ended up laying on my back taking some deep breaths etc. to get my composure before I could continue. The crowd, murky water, lack of warm-up etc all played in to a terrible swim.

Hang back, swim on outskirts, avoid crowded start-allow myself to get in a better rhythm.

Took it slow, tried to gain my composure before getting on bike.

I can speed this up in future

Still working on my speed for biking, slowly improving, way too many people passed me.

Just work on improving speed.

Ok transition, deliberately took it slow after St. George T2 was so bad for me. Just taking this a little bit slower helped give me the legs I needed for the 5K.

Not much, this was ok.

Much improved from my previous sprint run, though admittedly this was a much easier course. Though I hope to improve my time still I was happy with improvement, (2 min/mile quicker than previous).

Continue to work on improving speed and endurance.

Bagel, water, energy bar etc. Watched my daughter participate in the kids tri held in association with this. She is going to be a triathalete. Kids course was short but a nice taste for her (3rd place overall among girls). She will be beating me in races in no time. She's hooked!


Not very well rested week before. Disposal broke night before race so I was up late trying to fix that. Whole week before race I had early mornings and late nights. Otherwise I'm just slow! But I sure enjoy the comraderie, being in shape etc. What a great sport!


Fun, family oriented event.