MinneMan Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Goggles broke, then fogged up. Bad day for the goggle issue. Did about half freestyle and half breaststroke. Folks were doing all sorts of strokes, and I managed to pass a few people despite my delayed start.

get goggle de-fogger

didn't have my shoes preclipped. Long transition because I was putting on sunscreen and trying to get socks on wet feet.

I could have gone faster on the bike, but I was afraid of completely tanking on the run. My tri suit sucked on the bike.....oh holy painful.

Don't wear thick running socks with cycling shoes....ouch. Get aerobars to save wrists. Consume something before biking

Better transition, even though I had to tie my running shoes. Consumed GU on the way.

Have a bucket to sit on to put shoes on

Walked most of it. My muscles were sore from ribcage to feet (all on the anterior side of my body). Knee wasn't doing to well, and I was exhausted. I ended up getting a pain in the front of my upper thigh/pelvis that felt like a very pissed off tendon.

Sprinted the last 200m with the announcer having time to say my name, my novice status/age group, and city, and commenting about pushing it at the end. Yay!!!

Train harder. I did everything right at that moment of time, but I really need to do brick workouts and work on the running. It's my weakest sport!

Walked around, got out of my tri suit into comfy pants and sports bra. Had to bring back my timing chip since I put it on my RoadID instead of using their ankle band (I was paranoid that their velcro would fail!).


Undertraining, undersleeping, improper nutrition, probably in that order. Well, the swim was because of the goggles, but the run was mostly undertraining.


Awesome race, completely supportive of every racer. I'll be doing this again if I still live in the area.