Outer Limits Triathlon/Duathon - TriathlonSprint

This swim course was so poorly thought out. They squeezed us so close to the shore that the swimmers returning from the "back" leg were crashing head-on into the swimmers from the "out" leg. It was absolutely ridiculous. I must've run into at least 10 oncoming swimmers which forced me to spot almost every stroke. Really slowed things down. poorly planned.

I need to improve my swimming regardless, but I'd like to think my time had something to do with this jack-up course.

Once again, this organizer dropped the ball. Apparently there was an "accident" with the timing wire, so all transition times were lost and lumped into the entire bike time, so no one knows how fast they were in transition, nor do we know what our true MPH average was on the bike. What a joke.

I felt about average in this transition. I'd like to learn to have my shoes on my pedals and go sockless.

Really bummed I don't know my true split. Bike computer said something around 47 minutes with a 20 mph pace, but who knows. Course could've been swept better as well.

Need to build a little more strength in my quads for the climbs. Overall, not much though.

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Might leave my bag open next time to simply throw everything in there as I take it off.

I was dead by this point, but somehow managed to pull out my fastest 5k time to date. Running under the cover of trees was nice on the backside. Need to work on my breathing technique.

Prepare better for the next race with more sleep and better nutrition.

Walked around a bit, ate more than my last race which had me feeling better sooner, and did some stretching. Probably could've stretched more.


Well, I traveled most of the week prior to this race and arrived home at 8:30 the night before. Didn't sleep well for 3 days prior, ate poorly and drank too much wine. I know better. I'm sure I could shave a few minutes off with just better prep. Too bad business trips have to get in the way!


Poorly organized and thought out course. The swim was horrific, what a terrible idea. The transition area was too narrow and on a sloping hill. The bike course could've been swept better as well. Oh yeah, and the timing gaff was inexcusable.