Heritage Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I held my own with the pack and felt good about the swim.

Nothing, really. Maybe go out a little more relaxed and keep my pace a little better. I think I started a little too fast, but worked my way into a nice pace and had a good swim. In the top 1/3 of all swimmers.

Had a little trouble locking into my pedals, but other than that, I thought I had an OK transition.

Nothing, just go faster...

I felt a lot better in this race that in Athens (my first). But, I need to hammer it out more and go faster. I had a comfortable ride...too comfortable, I guess, because I was s-l-o-w. I need to somehow work on getting my pace faster. Going the distance is not a problem any more, I need to work on getting faster now. Way too slow for this caliber of race and athletes.

Go out faster and hammer away at it. I had never ridden the course before (and didn't even drive it) before the race, so I had no idea what to expect. I guess since I heard the horror stories of the "dam hill" at the end, I was holding back to conserve energy for the hill. After the fact, I should have hammered all along and the hill would have been OK. It wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. My "engine" is still carrying way too much weight to be very fast on the bike or run.

Good transition. Ready to go and no major flaws.

Nothing, I had a good transition.

My nemesis continues to get the best of me in this sport. I did run more relaxed than at Athens, and didn't struggle as much, especially at the end. In fact, I felt stronger at the end whereas in Athens I was dead. I did the Galloway approach of run/walk, with a specified time for both. Started out with 3 run, 2 walk, and ended up with 4 and 1. Final 1/2 mile or so nonstop.

Just lose weight and run more. Overall I was happy with the way I ended the run. I am just too slow and need to log more, faster, miles.

Nothing special, just relax and cool down.


I felt good about my swim, especially since it was my first OWS. In the bike, I just didn't hammer as hard as I should have (and could have). The run was much better than my last one, but still very slow. All in all, I just need to push harder on the bike and not leave anything on the course.


Great race venue, nice OWS, beautiful bike course, and nice park run. Lots of volunteers who did a great job, well organized, etc. Definitely a good race. I will say that there did not appear to be as many beginners at this race as there were in Athens, thus my finish was comparatively poor, but I actually thought I performed better than in Athens. I could tell a big difference in my run as I felt much better than in March. I was not faster, but I had a more relaxed and less taxing run than before. So, I did notice some improvement even though the time does not show it.