Lake Minnetonka Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Felt great. No panicking in the water and good breathing throughout. A huge improvement from doing this race two years ago, my first ever, where I had to completely concentrate on not hyperventaliting.

Take a couple corners tighter. I lost time by being a good 25-30 feet outside the bouys.

Better, but still want to shave off more time. Had a different routine and had watched the BT video on getting the wetsuit off. It helped a ton. I think I can shave 20 more seconds of by experimenting more.

Think about biking sockless. I also need road bike shoes -- still using my mountain bike shoes which are harder to get on.

Felt good. Rode aggressively for me, attacking downhills and flats and keeping a nice cadence on the hills. If my Garmin was right and I did 19.7mph, I'm pleased. I still, though, want to break 20mph in a race. Only done it on training rides.

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Perfect, for me. Rode the final 30 yards with my shoes unclipped, hopped off and ran my bike quickly to my spot, threw my running shoes on, grabbed a gel pack, and took off. If I can do sub-1-minute T2's, I'm content.

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Felt pretty good. Thought I would have had a more negative split, but I ran about the same speed after the turnaround as I did before.

Start a tad slower, and speed up more at the turnaround.

Warm down?


I love this race, and not just because it is by my house. Great volunteers, great venue. It would be nice to have more of a country setting for the bike, but this is a pretty developed part of town. Was the perfect day for a race. Perfect.

I'm please with my time. When I did this race two years ago, I ranked 210th overall. Today, I ranked 111th. Great to see that my more intensive training has been having an impact.