Littlefoot Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Man was that water cold! I foolishly started in the back of the group thinking that I would be slow and would have folks swimming on top of me. Turns out that was not the case. I could not find a clear path so I basically swam slower than I would have wanted to. Beyond that my arms got so cold that I was beginning to tighten up a great deal in my biceps. Only drank a bit of lake water on one leg as it was a tad choppier. I also havent been in open water except for this race so far this year and my sighting was suffering.

I need to place myself on the front and to the outside of the pack to give clean water and let me get my pace together. Pracitce sighting once I actually swim in open water regularly. Oh, and I need to swim faster...

Not my best transition. I could not get my wetsuit off so I had to sit and pull it off. I was also a bit dizzy from the cold water in my ears as I forgot ear plugs. Once I put on the shoes and socks I was in good shape.

Put some bodyglide on my lower legs and feet to make the wetsuit slide off easier.

I went out pretty hard on the first loop. My breathing and effort slowed a bit by the second and by the third I was comfortable. Too comfortable. I needed to push a bit harder. This was a pace I could have held up for at least an OLY and I was slower than I could have been as a result. The worst part for me was the sharp turn at the bottom of one of the hills. With my heavy behind, momentum conservation is really important and I could not take advantage of it with this big slowdown. The wind was a head/tail wind so it balanced itself out.

Overall push harder.

Pretty good. Could have been faster as I took a few seconds to get a gel.

Move faster and perhaps get some of those speed lace thingies.

I am still pretty slow on the run and it showed. I have done no real speed work(ever) and am getting ready for longer races. Im faster than before (last year) but I need to spend more time on the run training to improve there. That said, I could have held this up for 10K instead of 5K. Its almost like I dont know how to run fast. I also did not have anyone really around me to "race" with so I likely did not push as hard as I should have.

I need to run lots to get faster at running. While my focus is longer races I may need to work on some speed at some point.

Hung out with Chris and waited for Mike to finish the race.


Mental pacing, not enough training, poor strategy on the swim, 208 pounds to carry around the course. Limited ability to train over the winter through March due to long work hours and travel.


Interesting that I placed lower than 7th in each of my events, (11th, 8th, 13th) yet combined was 7th.