Naperville Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim felt pretty good. I still had some issues from my diaphram that haven't quite resolved yet but it settled down about half way through. I started well and found my stroke quickly.

The course is a goofy M shape and I had to slow down around each turn due to pile-ups of swimmers but I was content with this performance overall.

Get faster.

This was a horrid T1. I didn't put as much prep as usual into putting together my transition strategy and it shows. I found my bike just fine but hadn't properly prepped my socks so it took too long to get them on. I fiddled for precious seconds getting things on in the right order.

I also didn't start with my shoes on the pedals (forgot rubber bands) for the first time and man does that make a huge difference.

So overall it was a wretched T1 and lost me a good 30 seconds.

Drop the socks for a sprint.

Shoes on pedals. This was my first time not doing shoes on pedals and it makes a huge difference.

Get my tranition routine drilled out the night bedore.

OK so my goal was to hammer the bike. I did this in places but just couldn't find my ideal rhythm. I really thought I would have been faster for the amount of time I was at 21mph+ but somehow that didn't pan out. I have no idea why.

In any case it was a better performance then last year and I'm not sure I could do much better with my current level of fitness. This will get better year over year.

Focus more on cadence and less on speed. Focusing on speed I somehow still managed to have a slow ride. I think when I focus more on cadence I end up with a faster ride overall.

I didn't do a cyclocross dismount here because it was crowded comming in and I would have had to do a full stop either way.

On my way into T2 I would have rested my legs on the downhill and the flat to better set up my run.

Sucked.

Oh you want more then that? I need to get my nutrition dialed in all accross the board. I am carrying too much weight and the coffee I had for breakfast was talking too me most of the run.

I was never able to adequatly stabalize my HR from the bike and that added up to a bad run. On the plus side my diaphram didn't act up so although this was a terrible 5k time It is close to the pace I want to run for the 10k in the olympic next Sunday.

Drop weight. Better nutrition, not have coffee.

Got some fluids and hung out for a while. Got my bike, chatted with folks, and checked out my times.


I'm too heavy and I need to do more speedwork. I did a bunch of long slow miles for my 1/2 iron training and although that built a great base I'm not set to run fast off the bike. I was never able to test my legs because my aerobic engine couldn't get them enough oxygen to get tired.

I need to drop 20-30lbs. If I can get down to 190lbs I would be down to about 12% bodyfat and that would be a significant amount of weight not to have to drag around.


I still like this race and will continue to do it every year. The swim start is a bit crowded and takes a while, the swim venue is goofy, but overall its a great race.