Tri the Parks - John Tanner State Park - TriathlonSprint

I can honestly say I lost at least 4-5 minutes on the swim. Need to focus with dirty water swimming.

Not swim in the front, if people are in wetsuits, they will go much faster. Focus on facing my own race and settling into a rhythm, going out too fast is a recipe for disaster. If you swallow water, don't panic, ease into breast stroke and relax

Had to sit down on pavement, in retrospect, transition was faster than most. The water bottle worked out well.

Glue step into place, have on step for each biking and running shoes.

2 minutes faster gets me into top 15 out of 47. This is achievable, because I was so drained coming out of the emotionally and physically from the panick. Could have pushed a little harder as heart rate on the bike was 155 - 163 for most of the race.

Relax, Relax and have fun

Need to glue in step into shoe, had to take additional 15-20 seconds to adjust that.

By this point was emotionally fried, convinced that I was just wasting time by running.

didn't do one, not too sore, about an hour after the race honestly felt I could repeat the entire race again and do it faster.


Stampede out of the swim area, almost drowned went into frenzy panick, heart rate maxed out. Completely destoyed my mental focus. Learned a lot about this one. Never take start for granted, relax at first.


I worked with a swim coach over the winter and swam a ton. The murky lake water and stampede of people behind really freaked me out. I swallowed water twice in a row and got swam over a few times. Needed to tread for a few minutes to revive. Very dissapointing start but was able to put together decent time despite.