Elkhart Lake Triathlon - Sprint Distance - TriathlonSprint

Swim went well. About what i expected. The only problem that I had were my goggles fogged up and cause for some "comfort" issues. I swam the same and passed a lot of people on the far outside. I thought I navigated through the crowd quite easily. I was proud of myself for that, never really had to do that. The time trial start was a little different, and probably not my preference.

The way that the event was organized, it was difficult to get wet before the start of the race. Could defog the goggles.

My first shot at starting on the bike with the shoes clipped in. I struggled a bit. i was out quickly from the T1 area, got a good head of steam before jumping on the bike, but there was a slight grade uphill and my speed quickly disapated. Struggled getting my feet in, so overall it was probably a wash.

The time is only an estimate, since i lost my timing chip in the T1 area. I have to either practice getting into my shoes, or scrap the idea all together.

Since i lost my chip, this is an estimate based on my computer on my bike. I felt pretty strong on the flats and passed a few people so i gauged myself as doing pretty well. The hills really hurt me, I had no juice left to get up them efficiently. I felt I was in the aero position more often and that helped.

I need to increase my cadence on lower gears and start pushing a little more into the 23-23 mph on the flats. My goal is to get into the 18's for average.

I felt this was a good transition for me. Again an estimate, but I took a mid pack time guestimate. I was able to take the shoes off, while still pedaling and my dismount went wll. Had strength i my legs and didn't hobble as much as i thought I would.

Can't really say too much, i was pretty satisfied with how i did.

Absolutely the weakest part of my event. I struggled with just about every stride. Couldn't find my comfort pace and had to stop a number of times to catch my breath. I worked hard at doing more run training and i was really disappointed that i wasn't able to reap the benefits. Very disappointed with myself on this race. I either need to run more or get mentally tough to run through the pain and get my Azz moving.

Find my pace sooner and try to get into a pace that I am comfortable with.

Tried walking a bit, but saw my girls, hugged and kissed them and talked to friend and family.


My fat azz.


Great first race of the season. Great to see other Donkeys and a beautiful setting.