Sand Hollow Aquatic Center Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

We all lined up single file in order to get assigned a lane as they opened up. Well it was my turn, I ran up to the lady who was showing us to our lanes, and mine was full, so was the next one, and the next. 20 seconds later, I found a lane. I could have been dang close to breaking 7:00 had I just gotten my lane when I ran in there. Once in, I felt very sure of myself, and turned in my best performance to date (competition).

Make sure I have a lane prior to crossing the timing mat.
Learn flip turns.

I was cruising from the pool, and doing really good to get out of T1, but my helmet strap got all tangled up or something, and I couldn't get it free. A bit of cursing and some slow moving hands and I was on my way. Had to run with the bike for quite a ways before mounting.

Make sure helmet straps are good prior to race start.

Left calf cramped up quite bad about 3 miles into the ride. I down shifted and dropped my calf to stretch it a bit. I thought I was going to have some trouble, but it only lasted about 2 minutes, then I was able to maintain a pretty good pace. The road is quite rough except maybe 1/4 mile of it.

Drink less. I got feeling a bit sloshy, which effected the first part of my run. Don't know if there is anything that I can do for the calf cramping up. Second time on this course, second time I have had the same problem. It may be the long uphill start of the course...who knows.

T2 pretty much rocked for me, all went as planned. My goal was 49 seconds, and I was at 50, so not bad at all.

Nothing

Ran out of T2 just fine, was actually flying, and when I hit the bottom of the hill to start the initial climb, I had to walk it for about 50 yards. I was able to run 90% of the course until I got a terrible sharp cramp in my right side. I actually ran the whole run with cramps, but at this point they were so bad. I walked for about 100 yards, and then ran the rest of the course.

Run the whole course. Of course this was my first time running in a few weeks due to the sprain, so all in all, I think I did pretty well.

Did some stretching, thats about it.


Lack of training the past few weeks. Sprained ankle.


This is a fun race. A good way to get the feet wet at the beginning of the Tri season. I have done it both years of it's existence, and it has gotten better for sure. I will be doing this one annually.