Mullet Man Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was in the sixth wave and we were swimming left to right. I noticed that in the first 2 waves the swimmers were getting sucked to the wrong side of the buoy. I adjusted my start position about 30 feet to the right of the buoy and nailed it, turning precisely on the buoy without having to adjust at all. On the across portion, I had a hard time siting the second buoy. Are wave had orange swim caps and the buoy was orange. I just tried to stay in the middle of the group but swam a little further out than I needed. I corrected well and turned right on the buoy. Swam in and got drug 40 feet to the right of the swim exit. Ran back to the exit and into transition. There were some big waves but it was an easy swim. Glad I skipped the wetsuit. Similiar placing to last year.

Tell the race organizers not to use orange swim caps with orange turn buoys. I have had this happen in both orange and yellow caps and it always makes it more interesting.

Ran to bike and didn't get all the rocks off my feet. Had a pebble in one shoe but decided to tough it out. No real issues.

clean my feet b4 putting on shoes and probably run a little harder in and out. I was rusty on transitions

The course was supposed to shortened by a mile, but it was the same course as last year. My time was 29 seconds slowwer than last year, but I can't complain as bike training less than 50% of what I was doing at this time last year. I passed 107 bikes on the course and was only passed by 3 bikers. That part was alot of fun. I averaged 25.7 on the way out and 18.6 on the way home. My placing on the bike dropped from top a good bit from last year. I drank aero bottle full of water and a half bottle of gatorade endurance, no gels necessary for this race.

I rode a good race, I probably could have pushed harder with the tail wind but I raced above where I had planned. I just need to get my training back on track. I am going to experiment with the road bike some more, but the engine was what made the difference today.

slipped feet out of pedals a little early but no real issues. I ran without socks and without my ankle braces. First run since last June without the ankle braces. I was a little concerned but it held up fine.

I ran a solid race, 2 minutes and 20 seconds faster than last year and my fastest in the 5 mullet mans I have done. I have trained many miles on this course and I was worried about coming back into the headwind. No issues and I was actually stronger on the way back yesterday. Ankle was sore at the end but no worse than normal. Significant improvement in both my AG and overall on the run. Made up for the slower bike.

No warm down, went back to watch others finish.


Lack of bike training hurt a little, otherwise a very good race for me. I was 7 minutes faster than last year. The swim was way easy compared to last year, but I still had almost a 2 mimute improvement on the run/bike combined.


Great race, lots of fun with good friends. The girls all rocked, Lindsay was 6th overall female and won her age group. Marcy won her age group, and Susan was Grandmaster Female winner. Hungout with friends till 1 oclock.