MinneMan Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Weeds, weeds, and more weeds...
This swim went so much better than the Buffalo tri! I started in the very last wave of the event. The race had special waves for novice triathletes (if this was your first season you were a novice). The men's novice was second to last and the women's novice was last. I think I was second or third out of the water in the women's novice (I even passed some people in the wave ahead of me!). I felt strong the whole time, did a much better job with siting and was very happy with the results. I think the time included quite a long run to the transition area since there was no timing mat on the beach, so my time/100yd is slightly elevated. In the swim I was 6th in my age group and I finished 5th in my age group. My swim is catching up to the other events, woot!


Keep working at it :)

Oh man, this was horrible. I struggled really hard to get my wet suit off! I knew this transition was slow during the race and the results confirmed it. The four women that beat me in my AG all had T1s at least 1 minute faster. Now that my second race is over if I'm gonna get serious about my times I gotta start working on this transition thing!

Practice taking my wet suit off...it got caught on my timing chip.

Hmm, wanted to average above 20 mph. Oh well. Just didn't have the legs. Happy with my placement in my AG though.
My bike computer said 13.6 miles when I got done the bike and I had specifically made sure to zero out my computer when I racked my bike, course may have been a hair long.

This transition was better than T1. Can probably cut off 15 to 20 seconds with some practice.

The run was flat as a pancake. Legs were stiff for about the first 1/2 mile. If the mile marker signs were correct my miles were 8:08, 7:52, and 8:18. I actually felt strongest the last mile, go figure. Wanted to be sub 8 min pace but am very happy with the nice consistent pace I ran throughout.

Definitely need to throw in a few more brick workouts, especially for sprints. By the time your legs get going the race is over!

Ate the post race food and hung out.


This race was great. There were loads of beginners in the race. They even have special awards for the novice division. I got first in the women's novice 24 to 29 age group so I got a sweet beer mug and some organic coffee, not too shabby :)