Wilmington YMCA Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

With the water being 80F and the outside temp being 62F, it was warmer in the water. I took a hammergel before the start. I spoke with my swim coach, Perry Maxwell, about the currents. I started in the second wave. As a warmup, I swam about 50 yards out and then back to check the currents. I started at the back of the wave, since swimming is my worst even, it was a good thing too. Everyone left me as soon as the wave started. The first or second breathe I took filled my mouth with salt water and I began to cough.

Once I started coughing, I could never get into a good rythme. I felt ackward the entire swim, and two or three waves ended up passing me. I was surprised to see that I did it under 30 minutes.

Swim as fast and as hard as I could across the main channel. Once you are pass that, there was a strong current to pull you along. I was swimming 1800 yards in the pool in preparation, but still seemed ill-prepared. It should also be noted that there was a 350 yard run from the swim exit to the timing mat, so that should be reflected in future when comparing times.

The first transition will always take me awhile since I have to wear an ankle brace.

Not run past my bike rack.

I was doing really well on the bike. I have been using a stationary trainer. At the beginning I was staying between 20-21 mph. On the return, I shift from my large front gear to the smaller gear and something snapped at the derailer. I was pissed at this point, and only had about have the speed the bike is capable of. I made it through, but I think that my time would have been much better without the equipment failure.

Nothing, the bike had me checked that week by Two Wheeler Dealer.

I missed my rack again! But this was a smooth transition.

I was wiped out by the time I started running. I think I did the best that I could do with the run.

After crossing the finish line, I went immediately to my family to cheer on Mark.


I seemed to be out of breathe the entire race. I just need to continue to work on endurance.


This was my second triathlon. I thought this was a great race. I will be waiting at the computer Jan. 1 to register for it again. I would tell anyone interested to do the same. This is a quickly sold out race for a reason. There were tons volunteers and the event was very organized.