Tri Peachtree City Sprint - TriathlonSprint

I caught myself starting to "jack-rabbit" so slowed down and settled in to my pace. I think coming to the Wednesday "night moves" helped me catch my "jack-rabbit" tendency. Good navigation but started to loose my timing chip just before the first buoy. Spent about 10 seconds re-attaching it securely. I swam in to a crowd just before the second buoy but got through it quickly. Picked up the pace about the last 100m. I remembered what Kelly said about her exit experience at High Falls and kept swimming til I got real close to the shore line and heard someone say 'stand up'. This made for an easy and quick water exit.

I like the 2x2 start and the showers coming out of the water. I knocked off 7min 10sec from my Indian Springs time.

Recheck the velcro on my timing chip before the swim. Keep practicing T.I.and speed will come along.

I felt good about the shoes (no socks this time) and helmet but I stopped to take a sip of water. I thought I had a better T1 time but I may have miscalculated how far the swim exit to the transition area and how far the bike exit was. I shouldn't have stopped for water.

Wait til I'm on the bike to get some water.

I felt real good on the bike except for the "barf burp" but at least I didn't heave like Indian Springs! The posted time was less than I thought because I forgot to mark my lap timer. The posted results also showed my average pace at 18.4mph but using the results and time actually calculates to 19.5mph on this this site, which is close to what I got on my computer. The 19.5mph also jibes with my training so I'm using 19.5mph as my pace.

The bike was good for the most part. I passed more than getting passed. On the return leg, as I was approaching Peachtree Parkway, the police officer was letting traffic through. I began whistling and yelling and finally got his attention but I had to slow down. He put up his hands to stop traffic but several cars went through anyway and one car stopped but not before partially blocking the road. I slowed down and got a little scared and kept looking around making sure all cars had stopped. As I went around the car blocking the road, I saw the officer yelling and the driver yelling back. The good thing about this was it pissed me off and after I got through the intersection, I hammered hard.

I have been practicing flying dismounts and tried it this race. However, what works in practice doesn't always work on race day. I got my right foot out and on top of the shoe, but when I went for my left foot, my right foot slipped off and the shoe heel pulled the pedal down, hit the road and came off. Spent 30-40 seconds retrieving shoe.

I knocked off 9min 25sec from Indian Springs time and on a longer bike course. I am very happy!

Practice flying dismounts more!

Well, I already had 1 shoe off and running to the rack was still good. Racking was fast and easy. I started to put on my race belt first but remembered to put it on as I run so threw it around my neck. Got my running shoes on quick. I'm glad the run exit was close to my T area.

I cut my T2 time in half from Indian Springs.

Again, practice flying dismounts more so I don't have to take off bike shoes in the transition area.

It took me about a half mile for my legs to adjust from bike to run. Then I settled into what I thought was a good pace. I was looking for sub 9 minute miles but it looks like that didn't happen. However, I did shave 7+ minutes off my Indian Springs time.

And is it just me, or was the drinking water too cold? Not that I'm complaining about cold water, it just seemed like a shock to my system and I thought I might get a brain freeze.

I need to keep working on the Evolution running and do some more speed work.

Stretched and walked around after the run.


First, this was my 2nd tri and I beat my goal of 1hr 30min by 4min 50sec. I also knocked 24 minutes off my first tri at Indian Springs which had a shorter bike course. So, I have to thank my good friend Tony H. (my unofficial official coach) for helping me with a good training plan and making adjustments when the rest of my life got in the way. This race has really got me pumped up for my third tri, an Oly at Disney, next month.

It was good to see Don, Kelly, and Greg as well as make some new friends. Oh, I almost forgot, congrats to Kelly on taking home the hardware, #1 in her group!

After participanting in 2 tris and watching some others, I have to say the Tri-Peachtree City club put on the best race I have seen. It was awesome. It was very well organized, smiling volunteers, great music and post race activities.