Catfish Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Simply put-I stink at swimming. I had no preconceived notions about how well that I would perform. I shot for 21 minutes, but with the current probably should have done better.

I'll cut myself a little slack since it was my first open water race. Water temp was nice and the visibility was better than I expected.

I really slacked on the swim and will certainly improve over the winter.

Pushed myself somewhat harder. This is one area of the race that I know I could have put in more effort.

Got bunched up after passing timing mat. Some folks were just standing in the middle of the chute mounting their bikes.

Work on jumping on bike. I did waste some time mounting the bike.

I was fairly pleased with my ride. I caught a fair amount of people that had destroyed me during the swim. The only spot where there was nobody in front to catch was during the last turn onto the bridge back to the island. I felt as if I was the only rider on the course at that time.

I really wanted to get close to 23 MPH, but I'll take what I got and improve on that next year. I have to say I was fairly pleased with my ride.

I would like to get out of the transition area and up to speed a little better next year. The course makes it tough since right after the transition you hit the narrow spot of the bridge where you really can't pass.

Fumbled getting my shoes on. Was nearly run over by some guy that decided to race his bike into the dismount area.

Practice jumping off my bike. Plus, I think I'm going to purchase a pair of triathlon bike shoes.

I have to say that the temperature at the race was nice. The sun was just beginning to warm up by the end of the run.

I passed a few folks during the run, but was dropped in the last .25 or so by one of the guys in my age group. Tried to go with him, but just ran out of juice.

Not much I could do differently. I've been doing long runs and speedwork, so I don't think that I could really change too much.

A light jog around after finishing.


An extra 10 pounds! Seriously. I am really going to shoot at dropping some weight. Outside of that, I was pretty pleased with everything but the swim.


I'll be back next year. I had a lot of fun and it is a fairly local race for me.