Tri the Parks -- High Falls State Park - TriathlonSprint

After debacle at Indian Springs - out too fast/heartrate skyhigh/cooked before race even started - my game plan was to go easy until the first buoy 150 meters out. Worked perfectly - Not a fast swim but I was set up just right for the rest of the race.

I would go a touch harder and see if the fitness level would bear a little more stress.

Fifth fastest in AG - I have this 'shoes clipped in' thing down, almost. My right shoe came unclipped just as I put my foot through the hole. Managed to keep the thing from falling on the ground while I worked on getting my other foot in. Could have been ugly.

I do ok on hills so this course was about right for me. I passed tons of folks from other AG's but only one guy from my own. I haven't spent a lot of time on my tri bike lately but found a good cadence early on and just kind of went with it. One guy from my AG passed me but he was wearing an Aero Helmet so doesn't really count.

I got stuck behind a car who would not go around slower riders in front of her. It was exactly like being blocked - Next time I'm bringing a marine grade air horn.

Way too slow. I missed my rack's row and had do a partial extra loop to get to my spot. This isn't the first time I've done this. Too much fumbling around in general.

I felt ok out of T2 and kept a steady pace the whole way through. The legs felt ok so I focused on catching a couple of racers who left transition with me. I guess my time was about where it should have been but I'd really like to try and step this part of the race up just a bit. My stand alone 5k PR is 21'50" or so but I just have this crazy idea that I am faster than that.

Not live in a part of the country where the summer is so hot that speed work is a life threatening proposition.

Grabbed some water and watched other racers coming in.


Swim - OK
Bike - OK
Run - Meh. . Work on it.


I look at these sprints as being for fun; Just a fitness test in anticipation of the 'A' race at the end of the year. From that perspective, I really had a good time.

For a local series, I think the TriBlueSky folks do a really good job. I am considering doing enough of these to participate in the points race next year.