Hagerstown Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Felt really good on the swim, kept my stuff in order and just went out there and swam like I have been practicing.

Obviously more lessons should help me get faster and need to figure out flip turns when doing pool swims.

Still wearing socks so that takes a couple extra seconds. Need to work on leaving shoes clipped on, haven't had much luck with it yet.

Just got out there and rode, tried to stay in aero as much as possible. Passed a few people and got passed by one guy, hung with him until just about the end of the bike.

Saw a girl in front of me stopped on the side of the road, as I rode by I asked if she was ok. Her response " I got a f#^&ing flat and she did a great discus with her bike, spun around a few times and everything and heaved it up into the woods.

Trying to figure out how hard to ride and still have something left for the run.

Did my first flying dismount, nailed it, was in the first rack so got my stuff together quickly and ran out. My number belt seemed to have blown away a bit and was near the back of my bike and so wasted some seconds grabbing it.

Looking at the AG times Transitions got me from 3rd to 2nd, the guy in 3rd was faster on the swim and alot faster on the run but I gained 72 seconds on him in the Transitions. He finished 9 seconds behind me.

Secure my bib better in transition.

Had a conversation with myself in the first mile. I started out pretty fast and had to tell myself to slow down, I said if I could run the first one around 9:15 or so I would let myself go faster for the 2nd 2 laps. I believe my 2nd lap was around 9:05 and the 3rd was 8:50, so nice negative split. Didn't get passed by anyone and sprinted to the finish.

Run harder not try to save so much for the last mile.

Was handed water right at the finish line, walked around and waited for Sam to finish.


Felt great, should have just gone harder on the bike and run.


Ken puts on a great race. This race is cheaper than Reston and put on by one guy where Reston is run by Setup. As you cross the finish line they had volunteers handing you bottled water. Big pavilion set up with Bagels/Cream Cheese, Fruits, pretzels and all kinds of stuff.

Saw people of all ages and configurations there, lots of mtn. bikes and a few beach cruisers, everyone except the lady that threw her bike seemed to have alot of fun.

Wife and I stopped by on our way back from the reunion just to see if they had times up. She finished 6th out of 20. Believe it or not but I finished 2nd... And I missed the awards...

I feel awful, I have never even sniffed the front of the AG and came in 2nd here, would have been very cool to be there. Luckilly the fast people in 35-39 decided not to come out today, their loss is my gain : )