Lakefront Days Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

1st time I've done an OWS without a wetsuit. It went fine -- good for the confidence to know I don't need the suit. A little disappointed that my 1/4 mile time wouldn't have been much faster than my 1/2 mile time, but no biggie. I'm not a competitive swimmer.

Good race overall

Much faster T1 without a wetsuit, obviously. Fueled myself for a few seconds which I think was a good time investment.

Nasty bike course, but I'm very happy with it. It rained the entire time, at times light and at times heavy. Unless you were suicidal, there was no making up major time on the downhills... the course was real slick and visibility wasn't always good.

I finished in the top 30% of all finishers on the bike, averaging only 18.4 mph. That tells you that the field wasn't able to go nearly as fast as they wanted to, but still I felt I had a good ride considering the conditions.

My goal is to not get passed by any bikes that cost under $1,500 new, and I think I accomplished that :)

Nothing - my bike is really coming along. On a dry course, I'm guessing I would have been in the mid 19's.

Again, I took a few seconds to refuel, which I think helped me alot on the run. Socks and shoes were SOAKED... made a gametime decision to run barefoot... 1st time ever.

Practiced running barefoot for situations like this. Had my running shoes in a drier spot during my ride.

Not a great time to experiment running without socks for the very 1st time, but it went OK. I have small blisters on both arches, but they don't look too serious.

Cadence was good. I felt like I had something in the tank. BRicks have been paying off.

Would have been nice to get into the 7's, but I'm happy with 8:01's.

Practice running barefoot.

warm down? wife's at home with both kids wondering where I am.


Rain, wet gear.


I'm happy that I was forced to do 3 things I haven't done before: 1) An OWS without a wetsuit, albeit short, 2) Doing a bike race in the rain, 3) Running barefoot.

I finished in the top 1/2 of my AG!! Happy with that, although I realize that this late in the season alot of the elites are off doing their HIMs and IMs. Still, I'm happy to be ahead of midpack. Nice rebound from Manitou where I was really disappointed with my times.

This is a very nice course. I'd love to do it again without the rain. Actually would go back to this park for one of my long runs some weekend.

Thanks to the volunteers, who got as wet as we did!!! They did a great job. The warm hotdogs at the end where a nice touch when we were all cold and wet!!!