Salty Dog Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Time trial start about every 15 sec. it took me less than 100 meters to start catching people. 2 at a time, I never pass anybody by themself. They were always bunched in groups. Had to move on boy out of my way, I kept hitting his foot to let him know to move over. For some reason he held his line and wouldn't move over. I grabbed him buy the waist and moved him to the left so I could get around him. In a triathlon I actually expect some bumping and banging. He didn't seem pleased that I moved him but I figured its a race and I'm not there to make friends so...

Good transition for me. Had to run quite a distance from the pool to T1. Nothing out of the ordinary here things went just as they should have.

The fact that you had to complete 5 laps isn't very fun. Wish they could come up with some other course. It is all closed and there is no need for traffic control, so I guess that is good. Came out of T1 and was promptly passed by Brett and a couple other guy. They were completing their first lap. I jumped on the train with those guys. One of the bad things about the first part of the bike was there was alot of movement in the pack so that we couldn't be penalized for drafting. After about a lap and a half I realized that if I was going to keep up with those guys I was probably going to kill the rest of my race. The pace was a little faster than I thought I could handle. I dropped off the back and let those guys go. That was really hard because Brett is just as good on the run as I am so I knew letting him go was letting him beat me. I had to race my own race.

Push harder. Pedal faster. Forget the Pain!

Another good transition. I always put a towel down in my transition area to wipe my feet on coming out of the water. I don't dry them off I just have the towel there to wipe them on. Today I didn't unfold the towel all the way. So I didn't get all the little rocks off of me right heel, I could feel them during the bike but I hoped that they wouldn't bother me on the run.

Unfold the towel all the way!

Luckly the rocks didn't bother me. I don't even think I noticed them when I started to run. I LOVE running. I usually pass a bunch of people on the run and today was no different. Passed the first guy about 50 yards out of T2. The passing didn't stop until the finish line. I think I passed about 8-10 people on the run. It's not as fun passing people when you are not sure how far ahead of you they started. I like a mass start at a tri because every person you pass is a spot closer to the top. Run went great, I really got nothing to say about it.

Run faster...

No warm down. Just grabbed some water and started looking for familiar faces.


Lack of training? I'm not totaly sure how to answer this question because I had a good race.


The number of volunteers is amazing, I'm not sure I have done a race with this many people helping. This is really a very well organized race. Needs USAT sanctioning. This one will definately be on my schedule for a long time to come!