Tri-Shark Classic Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Managed to stay pretty much on course. Tried to go wide around bouys to keep from getting swam over by following waves. This was an average to below average swim time for me. 27/37 in Age Group

More open water swims. Only my second of the year.

Getting better here. Wore my shirt for the swim and did not change during race. Left shoes on bike, but not able to jump on bike yet.

Practice jumping on bike and getting into shoes. Our tri jerseys should be in next week or the week after.

Hit big bump in the first 1/4 mile and the aerobars came up again. Got them back down, only then I had adjustable aerobars for the rest of the ride. Got passed on some hills, but not a lot. There was one section where I thought I was riding in mud. It didn't look like a large hill or even much of an incline, but I was only going like 12mph. I thought, uh oh, am I bonking 1/2 way into the bike on a sprint course? But then I looked around and nobody else was going very fast either.

I'm happy with my bike progression. Most people there have much better bikes than me and these seem to be the only ones passing me, so I ok with that. Maybe if I win the lotto twice, I can get me a real tri bike instead of my older roadie with aerobars.

Ran passes my rack about 4 racks too far before deciding that I was in the wrong area.

Put some kind of distiguishable (sp?) something in my rack area.

Tried to take it easy for the first mile this time. Seemed to work and I ran a personal best 5K time, even for a stand alone 5K.

I don't know, my running is coming along.

Talked to others, got some grub. Cheered on finishers.


Experience and swimming. Getting better every time out. Need more open water swims and just time in the water period. Lack of expensive equipment (wetsuit, tribike)


Great venue, great atmosphere. Great people.