Cincinnati Triathlon - Sprint Course - Triathlon

Bad river current and debris, so they canceled the swim. Judging by the logs floating quickly downriver, it was the right call, but was disappointing. Replaced with a 1200m run. Started cold, but a fast pace for me (7:42/mile roughly)

Next time I hope to actually swim.

Decent job getting into cycling shoes. Transition was a bit muddy so running wasn't a great idea.

Spent a few seconds starting the tracking on my phone and getting computer up and running. If I stick with this, a dedicated device would be more efficient. But not bad for my first transition.

Really enjoyed the bike segment. Tried to keep a good pace especially on uphills. My goal was to average 18 miles per hour and run around 40 minutes, and I was pretty well on my target speed, time above 40 minutes was mostly starting and stopping so I'm happy with how it ran.

Drink a little more, go faster.

Again too much time messing with HRM/phone stuff. Not much hustle getting out.

Move quicker

Started off not feeling great, some early uphills didn't help and I walked a little bit for a water stop and then getting onto the bridge. Started feeling better cruising back down the bridge and through the rest of the coarse improved. Negative splits at each mile, actually felt better finishing the run than starting it.

Drink a little more on bike and catch my breath a little on the end of the bike (maybe?). Wish I could have run every mile like the last one, would have been more like 27:30.

Walked around a bit, had some gatorade.


Overall fitness level, time wasted in fooling with gadgets.


Very well organized and a great, fun course. Would have been nice to have had the swim, but the organizers made the right call I think with regards to everyone's safety. Nice of them to have a pre-race meeting for new athletes, I found it helpful. Overall a great event, I would like to run it again.