Chaska River City Days Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I planned on staying back, as I'm not a great swimmer. I found myself gaining on the main body of the wave, so I went with it until I got kicked in the head and panicked a little. The remainder of the swim was a bit of a struggle.

Just need more swim training and open water training.

I rode in my running shoes, so it was a pretty quick transition.

Run out of the lake after the swim. I lost time feeling tired. I should have just sucked it up.

Need to work on my hills and just keeping the pace up.

Would have liked to have gotten out of the water a little sooner. Having other riders to pass is great motivation, but the field was pretty stretched out by the time I finished my swim and T1. Also will train harder on bike. I'd also skip trying to put on the cycling gloves. No more energy gels. My throat was so dry I nearly threw up the gel.

The Brick. I shuffled a bit like an old man, but I got her done.

Practice the bricks more.

The climb was killer, but doable. The course is out and back, so the athletes on their way down were very encouraging.

I'd push that hill more. I felt really good on the way down, so I feel like I probably didn't expend enough energy on the way up.

I walked it off, celebrated finishing my first tri with my friends over a nice cold bottle of water. Also did a little stretching.


Over-trained on the run and neglected the bike too much. I think I failed mentally on the swim, but still put in one of my better swim times.


This was a great race for a first-time triathlete like myself. It was well organized, the other athletes were excellent and the course wasn't overly intimidating (although the initial part of the run was crazy). A+