Kinetic Sprint - TriathlonSprint

The swim started off fine with everyone going real hard for the first 100 so it was a little hectic but nothing too bad, I only got hit a few times. Once I made it to the first buoy it was a lot more thinned out and I got into a pretty good rythym. There were some little waves coming in and I definitely swallowed some water heading out to the buoy and I was bouncing up and down swimming through them to second buoy. I picked it up a bit after the 2nd buoy and felt good in the water. I was pretty happy to see the time on my watch.

Nothing fancy, just run as fast as I can and rip the suit off and go go go. I put my shoes on in transition because I didn't want to fool with putting on my shoes going up the first hill.

I wasn't sure where I came out off the water but there were 4 others guys running out to the bike start with me so I wanted to try to sprint up the hill and get away from a few off them. I don't know how but my right foot came unclipped somehow and I hit it hard against the pedal so that was a pain and I got a nice bruise from it. Other than that the bike ride went well, I was able to find a pretty good rhythm pretty early and just rode hard. The pavement was pretty rough in most places so that wasn't too pleasant. I passed a few guys around mile 6 and after that I didn't see anyone else till the very end of the ride. I came into the transition 5th right behind the 4th place guy.

Pretty quick transition, really no complaints

That first hill is pretty brutal, its not that steep but its a pain right off the bike. I passed a guy in transition but he re-passed me about 0.5 miles into the run. I ran the first mile in 6:40 and started to feel better cause the terrain leveled off. I passed someone at the turnaround point and saw a couple guys running fast that were probably a minute behind me. With a mile left I was just focusing on keeping my strides short and to keep it under control running down that hill and I was able to finish up pretty strong. Not the greatest run but I'll take it.

Awesome Race!! I love this race, the State Park is awesome and Set Up Events do a really great job with this. I'm looking forward to coming back here in September to do the Giant Acorn.