Wauconda Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

My arms felt dead after about a 300 or so, but I was able to keep my stroke fine. I had to start breathing every 2 sooner than I would have liked. No one around to draft off of. Sighting was good.

Should have tried to keep up with the 2 in front of me to draft off of; they only finished 40 seconds ahead. Got a better warm up in.

Slow.

I need to learn how to get into my shoes while they're on the bike.

I went too hard on the bike in my first tri, so I think I was a little too conservative here. Had to hit the brakes a few times to avoid people.

Worked the middle section of the course harder. I should really have come in around 50 or 51 minutes.

The running with the bike was hard. Getting my helmet off and switching shoes went fine, though.

Left my bike shoes in the pedals! Running with bike shoes on is not fun.

After having a really tough run last time (had to walk multiple times and felt horrible) I had a really good run this time. I kept a nice steady pace and was only passed twice (by guys from earlier waves) which felt good.

I could've picked up my pace a little sooner before the finish. Once again, I was a touch too conservative.

Walked a little. Water, gatorade, oranges, and bananas. Hung out with my family and dogs.


Need to work on my bike more. This was only my second tri (my first USAT sanctioned tri), so I'm still figuring out how to approach the three sections.


I had a great time! And I'm overall very satisfied with my race, although I would have loved to be top three in my age group. But my goal before the race was top third, and I did that. And I finished in the top half overall, which I'm also happy with. I'll probably be back next year.