Emerald Pointe Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Decided I was going to hammer the swim in this race. Started out good, navigation was good and I was really pushing my pace. Around the 100 yd point or so, some ________(fill in the blank)decided she wanted to swim over top of me. No biggie, I know that happens a lot in races. So I started swimming a little faster...I didn't kick her or slap or anything erratic...just sped up. I don't think she liked that, because she grabbed a big chunk of my tri top and tried to yank me back for like 10 seconds. Yeah, I was a little pissed. I'm all about competition, but that was just rude. Not really sure what happened, I kept trying to speed up and she either passed me or decided that this wasn't WWF wrestling and let go. I'm actually laughing about this now- what's up with people? SO ANYWAYS, get to the first buoy, then the second and head back to shore. Still feeling pretty good. A girl passed me at the very end doing backstroke- she was cruising along. Please tell me she was super fast college backstroker! An

Kick the girl who grabbed my jersey in the eye. Not much else.

The T1 at this race site always SUCKS!!! It's always very long for most people because of the fun hill run you get to do out of the lake.

I guess I could run faster up the hill, but today I was walking as fast as people were jogging.

Not a bad bike for me. I hit my goal pace right on, but I would like to have been faster still. I think the hills on this course are always a little more challenging that I remember. Good ride overall, I passed a lot of guys and a few girls (not in AG) passed me. Then 1-2 girls in my AG passed me the last mile or so. I did only bring Gatorade on the bike and should have had water, but it wasn't a huge deal.

Bring water instead of Gatorade for a course this short. Continue to increase my bike mileage.

Pretty good transition. During the bike, I thought I had a rock in my sock and was afraid I'd have to get it out, but it must have been nothing. Good. Grabbed visor, running shoes,race belt and a fuel belt bottle and took off.

Continue to focus on transitions

Kinda felt like I blew up on this run. I did try to keep a faster pace on the swim & bike, so I was pretty tired from the beginning of the run. I was carrying my own water, so that would shave a tiny bit of time off. I just got tired pretty fast. Made it to the halfway point and started getting a tiny cramp in my side. At this point I'd also seen 5-6 girls in my age group pass me a pretty fast pace. I ended up backing off my pace a little and then walking about 30 seconds on a short hill. I hate to say it but I was kinda over it mentally. Good thing this was a sprint, because I did feel ok after my short walk and I knew I was about at the finish. Tried to stop thinking about how I was tired and rounded the last corner and saw Kraig and Ron...sprinted up the last (stupid) hill and down to the finish. VERY glad to be done!

Well I would have loved to have a faster run, but it's really not a bad run compared to other sprints. I'm sure I'm still tired from the Half last weekend and this race was a last minute addition. So really I need to just keep working on my run...and I'm not sure I'd do a Half and a Sprint right after each other. Whatever, it was still fun.

Nothing, waited in a long line for t-shirts. Talked to a few people and left pretty quickly.


South Carolina Half last weekend. Felt fine, but I'm sure I'm still recovering.


I do like the GA Multisports races, they are always good. It seemed like this year was a lot more crowded and they might have needed some more volunteers though. Not a huge deal- they still did a good race. The shirts this year are nice too!