Emmett's Most Excellent Triathlon - Sprint Course - Triathlon

Started at the front in the middle of the start line. Pushed pretty hard. Crowded the whole race. Fair amount of bumping. Got a lung full of water being splashed during one breath.

Nothing. Could train more - only got one, sometimes 2 swims/week.

Long run to rack - hard time getting the wetsuit strap undone below the zipper. Stayed focused.

Undo the zipper before taking off my cap/goggles/ear plugs. They were in my hand, which made the zipper tougher. Could run faster if not working on the zipper.

Bit of a headache first several miles - due to hard swim. Felt strong the first half. Got passed around mile 5 by the fastest cyclist with another guy drafting right on him. I watched him draft for over a minute and finally yelled at him to stop - didn't. Kept it up, despite the lead guy trying to lose him, until they were finally out of sight. Confronted him afterward - others were irritated too and he placed near the top.

Didn't feel as strong the second half. Wanted to push harder but conserved for the run. Happy with 23 MPH pace.

Not think about the other riders until after the race.

Was last spot on the rack on the far end - nice to have end spot, but worst for running (in bike shoes w/ bike). Did well considering.

Request a different race number? :-)

Felt ok off the bike, good after mile one. That's when I passed the only other sprint racer that I was near during the whole run. Since the next guy ahead of me was way out of reach I didn't have much adrenaline kick in to push it to the extreme. Still pushed hard to the finish, but wasn't thrilled with my time.

Train more.

Walk/stretch a bit. Water & chocolate milk. Talk w/ other racers.


Run training was lacking a bit.


Love this race. Great organizers, volunteers, racers, course, post-race. They could improve it even more by marking the miles on the run course and having more race officials - there was illegal drafting in both the spring and olympic race and 3 lead swimmer skipped the final buoy in the olympic swim - I don't think there were any penalties.