Cedar Beach Sprint Triathlon - Triathlon

The waves were pretty mild (at least they seemed to me), but every third wave seemed to crash pretty strong. Sighting was a little challenging on the 3rd leg with no cans used and wave height. Drafting was nearly non-existent

Not take in any water, or as much, in my mouth between breaths. The salt water really created nausea during the bike and run portion.

Took my time getting dried off to prevent the chills from setting in on the run, as it was still barely day-break.

Not too much, despite a slower time.

Tried to remain on a comfortable pace, especially on the first lap. I used some great advice by rstocks3 and stayed in the saddle on all of the hills and spun past most of the people that would pass me on the flats. The turns were a little tricky on the downhill, which probably negatively impacted by average speed.

Again, the salt water intake was the only real negative; making it tough to push the pace too hard and to take in any extra fluids.

Nothing to risky. Simple exchange of helmet & bike shoes for running shoes; no other equipment changes.

With transitions not my real focus of the day, I was happy with being under 1 minute for exchange.

The legs settled in after the first 5 minutes, but I had a difficult time pushing the pace without escalating the nausea level. The temperature was much warmer for the run portion, but not too bad.

Not really anything different, except maybe practicing taking in water while running.

easy stretching and a 5 minute walk.


Drinking too much ocean water was the biggest issue. I probably could have pushed the pace faster on both the run and bike, and maybe knocked a few minutes off my total time, but overall I'm still happy on the out come given my current conditioning level.


The event was well organized and the course was very fair. A few minor adjustments would make it a perfect event.