3Sports Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Not bad. Need to more accurately seed myself (seems a recurring theme for these pool swims). Ended up coming out with a lot of gas in the tank for the rest of the course.

Seed myself properly so I can swim to the fullest of my abilities.

Run from pool to entrance of transition lumped in with swim. An average T1 for me, not going to get much better until I learn to jump on the bike and slip into shoes that are already clipped.

Not much, until I can learn the above skills.

HOLY CRAP. I have never averaged more than 20mph before in my life, this was a breakthrough ride for me. In the first mile I passed several riders and then was passed by one 40 year old on a slight uphill as he was standing. I decided I was NOT going to let that guy out of my sight -- and I didn't. I only felt like I was really hammering it on a few of the hills, and always seemed to recover quickly after cresting. My "rabbit" ended up with about 10-15 bike-lengths on me at the end; and when I looked at my watch I couldn't believe I'd finished the bike leg in under 35.

Not a damn thing. This was a perfect ride, I hope I can remember how this felt; and would dearly love to be able to repeat this effort again.

Little stumble while trying to rack cost me about 10 seconds.

I hit the beginning of this run feeling like a million bucks. The time I posted from the bike leg kept bouying me up. I felt STRONG. When I saw 45 minutes on the watch during the first tenth, I decided I was going to push for a total time of 1:10... the last tenth I was running with conviction, and was still feeling FANTASTIC. Even the announcer called out "number 230 coming in, and you are lookin GREAT!"

Not a freakin thing.

Walk, stretch


My swim seed time. Other than that, this race went as good as it can get.


I am still amped, and gushing over this race. I can't believe how well I performed since lately all I've been concentrating on is my running. Man, I wish I could bottle this feeling and sell it.