14 Wing Air Force Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Not a bad swim. Being in the final heat there were some great swimmers, a few that swim for university teams. There was no repeat of my last swim however as I ended up with the only lane that had one person out of 8 lanes. I guess when I tolad everyone I was planning on swimming butterfly the whole way, they backed off. Ill have to remember that for next year.

I could ahve pushed a little harder. I was lifing my head to much out of the water and found my self loosing concentration about my technique a few times. But overall I was happy with my performance.

Not a bad transition but I am in need od a pair of Tri cycling shoes. Ive got a great pair of Sidi road shoes however I have to wear socks with them and I have to put them on in transition because they are too hard to get my foot into on the bike. Ive got 8 weeks before my next tri so Ill have to get looking. So I ran with my shoes on to the mount line, jumped on, and my foot slipped like three times trying to get it clipped in. I must have looked like babie on ice with mu feet sliding all over the place. Once I got going on the bike however the day went smooth. I did forget to hit the lap button on my watch until about 1k into the bike, so I missed about 1k worth of data from the bike segment.

Own Tri shoes and already have them clipped into the bike. I could have saved an easy 30-45 seconds not putting on socks and the shoes.

Felt good on the bike and managed to pass 4-5 people that had bead me out of the pool, however one guy did overtake me again just before the end of the bike. I was happy with my effort as I tried to go a little easier then my last race to see if I could have a better run. With the flat course I managed a little better time with less effort so I was happy over all.

Not much, I rode to the best of my abilities for the day. Most of the guys that beat me on the bike are 10 years younger, 50 pounds lighter and have been doing this for years. So Im happy with the improvement Ive been making.

Pretty good transition overall, the only hiccup was the first foot I slipped out of my shoes slipped off and the shoes dragged on the grond for a second. No big deal and I dont think anyone saw it, :) There was a pretty long run from the dismount area to the rack so I was pretty happy with how quick I raced the bike and got my shoes on.

Run faster. Seeing the fastest guys sprint through transition with their bikes makes me look like Im standing still, but Im pretty happy with haw welll Im doing considering this is only my third race ever.

Pretty good run for me. Lags felt alot better then they did two weeks ago. I was passed once on the run by a guy I met this lives near me and only started doing tris last year as well. I had passed him on the bike so he was just getting me back. I tried to hang with him but was having a bit of tightness in my right hamstring that limited how hard I could push. Overall I was really happy with the run and would have been happy with anything under 24 minutes.

Not much I could have done, transition went well and I ran a PR for 5k. Not to shabby considering it was part of a tri.

I had some orange slices, some gatorade and a half a bagel with peanut butter. tried to stay out of the sun and do some light stretching.


My conditioning right now. I think I did the best I could have on the day. Ive got 8 weeks until my next race and my first Oly. Im hoping to get some more run speed in and some longer bikes. Id like to drop between 5-10 pounds before then. Havent really been eating the best lately and Im sure a better diet and a few more training hours should get me there.


Not a bad race but the heat times were all backed up. Apparently this happened last year as well. Hopefully next year they add a bit more time in between the heats. Also there was a problem with the run marking for the early races and the try and tri. Wasn't a problem for our heat as they had plyons out and the road was stil marked from last year for the sprint run. Other than that all the volunters were great and everyone seemed really happy and supportive to be there.