Timex Triathlon - Sprint Distance - TriathlonSprint

First OWS with that many at the start for my wave. Usually I get in a group of 25 to 30 this was more like 150! Got tired of being kicked in the stomach and trading elbows so I started going wide on the bouys. I went a little too wide and ended up swimming ~1100m instead! When you put in the total distance swam I had a really fast 1:45/100m. But alas I will have that horrible time on the books.

Fight the whole way? Wasn't interested in loosing a tooth during the swim.

The run from the water to the entrance of T1 added 90 seconds to my swim time. I thought we were starting the 5K barefoot!

Go faster!

Great Ride! the time here reflects the run to and from the mount/dismount lines. I measured my time without that and I was going 20.1 on the course itself! The entire first lap I thought I was pushing too hard because my speed was up, but my HR felt ok (no monitor on the race) so i just kept pushing. Smoked the second lap just the same and had fun. I could have given a little more but been sorry on the run.

Learn to leave shoes on bike. That would require better shoes for tri's. mine are pretty low end bike shoes from Shimano.

A bit slow but again the transition area was large to accomodate all the athletes.

Go faster.

I was a bit worried about the run today. I wasn't sure how my knee would do, but it held up great. I was glad I didn't push out a rocket time on the bike by mile three. Of course as the finish line came into sight the adrelinine kicked in and I sprinted it out. My knee did great, just my muscles are sore.

A terrific run for me. There really isn't a whole lot I can do to improve the 5K on a tri without going to bionic knees;).

More Accelerade and water. Lots of strecthing while we hung around to get my bike.


The swim. Plain and simple I lost 5 minutes on the swim from poor navigation.


I was very impressed by Red Rock Co. This is my first race with this crew and they are fantastic! I will definitely do more of their events next year.