A Tri in the Buff - Sprint Course - Triathlon

Started off feeling good and swimming freestyle until the first buoy. The waves were decent sized and I kept swallowing water each time I went to breathe. Switched to breaststroke from buoy 2-3. Swam a bit of freestyle after the 3rd buoy but returned to breaststroke the remained of the way.

Swim more freestyle! I definitely need to do more endurance swims in the pool plus also get out into open water more. The waves definitely threw my swimming off.

It was quite far from the water to the transition area. I would guess that about 2 minutes of my swim time is the distance from lake to T1. I walked half of it because it was beach and I wanted to save some energy. I had unzipped my wet suit and took off my cap and goggles on the way.

My feet were very wet and sandy and the towel I had didn't help very much. It was a pain to put my socks on plus my bike shoes have laces that need tied! I had no trouble with my helmet or glasses.

Ate a GU Jet Blackberry energy gel on my way out of T1. My bike gloves were also a PITA to put on due to my wet hands.



I need to practice T1 more! I may ditch the socks and gloves in the future, I think struggling with both added at least a minute to my time.

I felt good on the bike. I had a good pace going and my goal was to finish the bike in about 45-50 minutes.

I was passed by several triathletes from the Olympic distance, they were flying! I passed many people myself. I always like to pick out people ahead of me to try to catch and pass.

Definitely work on T1, decide if I really need socks and gloves.

I should work on speed for the bike portion and shifting.

Overall though, I was happiest with the bike portion of this particular triathlon.

T2 was much better than T1! I had my Zoot triathlon shoes, so no laces! I whipped off my bike shoes, didn't bother untying or velcro-ing. Took off my helmet & gloves, grabbed another GU, sucked it down and off I went.

Not much, this transition went fairly smoothly.

The run portion was very crowded! On the course were Olympic distance, Sprint distance, Try a Tri distance and duathlon!

I felt good on the run, no issues with jelly legs after the run at all. My knee gave me no issues for the duration of the triathlon, which was awesome!

I didn't really like that there were SO many people on the beginning portion of the run but once I hit the loop for the sprint/Oly distances, the crowd seemed to thin out a bit.

The aid stations could have been spread out a bit more, there was too many at the beginning. I did grab water at each station to pour on my head or down my back though which felt nice. There was very little shade on the run and by this time of day, it was hot out! Plus with all the recent rain, the grass portions were pretty soft and muddy.

The whole run I just kept thinking, "keep running!", which I did, at a fairly good pace too I think.

Try to run a bit faster. I probably could have run closer to 9 min/miles, but overall I was happy with the run portion.

Nothing special. Grabbed a water at the finish, walked around a bit, stayed in the shade.

Went to the chiropractic tent and had them do ART and sciatic nerve adjustment.


The swim portion definitely was my weakest for today's triathlon.

The heat and humidity certainly played a part as well, but wasn't too bad.


Overall, it was a great experience!