Mach Tenn Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Started out as agreat swim. I passed 5 people in the first 100 yards. My sighting was great the first part of the swim, hugging the buoys, passing a ton of people. As I made the turnaround and started coming in, it went downhill. I got off course a bit and began to tire. I still finished well, tied for the second fastet time on my age group. I thought that my time was slow overall, but was pleased with the result.

I think the course was longer than 0.6 miles. The times across the board wwere slower than last years. I feel great about the first 75% of the swim, and the last bit was pretty average

Went well. Had about 150 yard uphill to T1. I was a little slow getting the suit off. I just got it unzipped as I got to the bike. I got the wetsuit off 1 leg easily and struggled for a few extra seconds getting the second leg off. Got bike shoes on easily and got onto the bike. I did not wear socks which saved me some time

NO SOCKS is a good thing

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I felt like I rode hard, but my times aren't getting any faster. I told myself after the last race to push a bit harder, and I did. It was a hard course, no huge hills, but never flat. I don't think I could have gone much faster though.

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I forgot my race belt. Changed shoes quickly, again no socks worked well. I had put my race belt inside my hat. When I got to my spot, my neighbor had racked his bike right on top of my stuff, and his front wheel was sitting on my bag. I reached for it and it was stuck. It wasn't that hot, so I just left it. About 100 yards out, I realized I didn't have my race belt

Set my race belt on top of my shoes so there is no wasy to forget it

The run went great. My goal was to run 29 minutes. The first mile I felt good, feeling like it was probably 7-7:15. When I hit the marker at 6:39 I was shocked. I told myself to slow a bit. The next mile was very hilly with a long hill coming and going. Felt good at the turn, although I didn't drink much water. I really wanted to stop and get some more, but I thought I could make it 2 more miles. Mile 3 was back up the smae hill, but felt good in 7:13. Again, very little water at the last stop, but I was going to gut it out. I picked it up a bit the last 1/2 mile and passed several people . Finished feeling really good and when I checked my run split felt even better coming in at 27:41.

Nothing. I did get one small blister from not wearing socks, but worth it

Walked around, ate the best chocolate doughnut I've had in a while and 2 pieces of crappy pizza. Grabbed a bottle of powerade and loaded up for the ride home


nothing. I think this was one of my most solid races yet, as far as feeling really good about the swim, bike, and run


This was a very well organized race, especially for a smaller race. Good course markings, lots of volunteers. Plenty of aid stations on the run, good post race refreshments

The thing that really pissed me off was that I lost my timing chip at some point so I have no official time. When I put my wetsuit on, I double checked it and it was fine. When I got out of the water, I noticed that I didn't beep going over the mat. When I took the wetsuit off, the strap was still there,so I didn't think too much about it. When I finished the run, they took off the strap but there wasn't a chip on it. I would have finished 5 in the age group. That just left a sour taste in my mouth, otherwise,it would have been a great day.