White Lake Sprint Triathlon - Triathlon

Good swim... Started off in the first wave. Second wave caught and nerly the entirire second field passed my, But I didn't stop swimming and pushed forward.

Get some more swim time in. It took me a bit to get my rythm going.

Unbelievable!! Perhaps it a good time for changing up my T1/T2 routine .Although the time was slow, I must attribute it to my need for more swim time, the 250m run to T1 and final stripping of the wetsuit. 79th of 351.

Try it again.

My bike felt very slow even though the I maintained just short of 19.42mph! Overall, I am satisfied with the bike although for the course, fast and flat, I should have done much better. Headwind at onset for approximately the first two miles, both laps.

Train harder on flat course and work additional sprints into my training schedule.

160 of 351. Very disappointed with the time in T2. I thought I was moving well. Potentially, I pushed to hard on the bike during the last leg and that likely slowed me down on T2. I was out of my shoes and side saddle as I approached the dismount but overshot the dismount point by about three fee so my running dismount didn't work so well. There were plenty of volunteers, but noone directed me into the maze of cones at the start/finish point.

Pay more attention to the maze of cones and identify which lane is acutally the finish vs continue on for the second lap.

This run was horrible!! I did the same thing last year during the International, the run was bad. I'll have to take a look at this and compare the last two races at Whilte Lake.

Need to review/compare the past two White Lake races and try to identify what my run issue is. I have a feeling it will be pushing the bike leg. If that is the case, then I'll have to go strong initially on the bike and then taper the last mile or two in order to conserve some run ability. I'm three minutes off of my run time.

Walked around and drank three bottles of water, 4 x pieces of pizza and enjoyed the company.


Training and reserve


Saw Alex Gonzalez in the transition area before the race, he signed up the night before and slept in a hotel. Also saw him after the race and he snapped some pics for me on the podeium for 1st in PC. Looking forward to next year.