St. Patrick's Day Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

This was a comfortable/hard swim for me but I feel like I could push it harder and still stay in control of my form - especially for 300M. I passed one guy who started right ahead of me and other than that had clear water the whole way. I felt great running to T1 so maybe I held back a little too much

Figure out the right combo of speed, form and not being too out of breath getting on the bike. Then again it's a sprint. So, push the swim harder and keep form. Basically, swim more and continue to improve.

Swimming in my top and just dealing with the wet ride helped improve my time here. And, it wasn't even as cold as I thought I would feel. At Monster this was a 1.16 T1 so this was a huge improvement

Nothing. Although I had a slight problem buckling my helmet and had images of Macca in Kona going thru my head. Maybe cost me 2secs

This was better than a 2 minute improvement over Monster on the same course so I was pretty happy with the results. Everything went as planned and I even swam without my Garmin strap and managed to easily get it on my wrist while riding.

Possibly push a bit harder on the 2 little climbs. I didn't attack as I was keeping the run in mind.

Never had a T2 longer than T1 but this was also a huge improvement time for me. Rather than running with my race belt and clipping it on the move I had it snapped together already so I could just step thru it and pull it up to my waist in T2. Props to the 2 dudes talking about it near me while we were setting up before the race. I heard them discussing it so I figured I would try it out since I seem to suck at running and snapping. Worked pretty good though I did get my foot caught on the belt and cost myself a little time. Overall though I'll stick with this strategy when you don't have to wear your number on the bike

Nothing much. I dont see where I'm gonna shave too much more off unless I run faster in transition

5k PR by 29 seconds so I was pleased. Not sure if I had more in me for this run. I've read reports where guys want to get to the point of throwing up at the end of the run and I wasn't quite there but was pretty taxed. I tried to sprint the guy in front of me up the grass to the finish but couldn't beat him (wonder if he was in my age group if I woulda found something extra in the tank??). I usually have that burst left and this time I didn't so I think I had a hard, steady effort the whole race.

This is my best 5k ever - stand alone or Tri so I hope I can continue to improve with the steady training.

Possibly get lessons from Tri-Z b/c she has left me in perpetual 2nd place overall in our household!

Walked around to catch my breath, stretch and cheer on the crew coming in


I've been swim training for a longer distance and didn't push myself in the swim like I should have for a sprint


Great turnout for this race which is very cool to see. Waiting around in the pool area sucks but there isn't much they can do about it. The t-shirts are by far the worst I have ever seen. Otherwise this is a fun race. Big ups to the guys cooking pancakes. They stood there all day in the wind until everyone got some!