Niagara Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The swim continues to be my achilles heal - and to make matters worse they added 50M just before the beginning of the race. At my last race I started in the middle of the pack and really got the benefit of being in a big group. This time I got stuck over in a lot of open water by myself, and once we were in the choppy water I was having a tough time. Couldn't find any feet, and got caught by the next wave only 1/2 way through the swim.

Try to stay with the pack more and benefit from drafting - I also got run over quite a bit this time.

Transition went fairly well, but I got to my bike to find that someone had knocked my glasses, helmet and race number on the ground and I had to pick it all up.

Started to head out of transition and jumped over the mud river that had formed, and luckily looked down to find that my Garmin had fallen off my bike. Had to stop and go back and find it in the mud - luckily it was ok, and I don't think I lost more than 30 seconds going back.

Make sure the computer is clipped onto the bracket - this is how my last one ended up under the wheel of a truck.

This was a smoking fast bike. The organizers cancelled the big hill climb due to the rain, and we instead rode on a pancake flat route. I felt I was doing a good pace at the beginning, but the same as the first race I was getting passed constantly. I tried to pick up the pace a little, but was still getting beaten by everyone (at least it felt that way).

Once we made the turnaround we had a slight wind behind us and were flying, and that's when I caught a pack of riders. I ended up behind them and enjoyed the draft for a moment before trying to pull ahead - 30 seconds later I was in the middle of the group again. They were going so much faster as a mini peleton that I couldn't break free. I tried a couple of more times but just kept getting reeled in, so I ended up riding with this group for about the last 7-8km, which I'm sure helped my average speed.

Even thought this was a blazing fast ride for me, it was only middle of the pack in terms of speed. Really shows just how fast people were moving on this route.


Not much. Really need to get faster and stronger on the bike.

This transition felt like it went really well. I ended up with mud covered feet coutesy of the mini mud river, and took a second to wipe off some of the excess, but I definetly needed to clean out my shoes when I got home.

Again - didn't take the time to wear the Garmin.

Nothing really.

Started out slow on the run, and all I could think about for the first 2 km was stopping and finding a bush so I could pee. I'd been holding it since the beginning of the swim (just couldn't go in my suit). Once I got to the 3km mark my pace started to pickup, but I only caught down one other runner in my AG. People were really flying, and even though I ran the fastest that I've managed for a race so far, it was only good enough for MOP.

Not much. Was in some discomfort cause I really needed to pee, but wasn't thinking about it much for the last 1/2 of the run.

Just walked around a little bit, got some snacks - and then hit McDonalds afterwards. :-)


Really need to work on the swim, and try to find a little extra pain threshold on the bike (even though my HR said I was already maxed out).


Really liked the race, but it would have been interesting to ride the "Beast of the East" hill since I tend to do a little better going up.