Pine Bush Triathlon - Triathlon

Felt great on the swim. Everything seem to click and I didn't feel like I was pushing too hard.

Not sure, maybe work on alternating breathing for longer races.

Very sandy when you get out of the water. This killed me last year so for this year i had my own little tub to rinse my feet off. Things went smoothly.

Practice having my shoes already on the bike.

I felt good on the bike. I have worked on it more this season and have seen some good results. I got about half way before I was passed. kept up for a couple miles but backed off to save my legs a little bit.

I need to drink more, especially with races when it is hot and the humidity is up like it was for this one. I am going to look into changing the gearing on my bike in the off season and add some aero bars.

Not a bad transition but I could not try jumping off my bike while moving because things got a little congested at the end. Everything else went ok.

Take a couple of seconds to get a good drink in.

This is where I felt like I crashed and burned. The humidity got to me and I never felt like I could get going. I usually do a Gel about half way through the bike but I didn't this time and I am wondering if that added to my perceived fatigue. I also did not drink much water from the aid stations.

Try to drink more water. I also need to do more interval training and maybe some more bricks at race pace.

Walked under the Ladder Truck that was spraying water. Got a High-5 from my two biggest fans (my kids) and than drank some water to try and get re-hydrated.


I need to tweak my training and it might be time to start working with a coach for the bike and run.


It seems to be pretty competitive for a local race and I feel the Y does a good job managing it. Overall I do not have any major complaints and look forward to doing it again next year.