High Cliff Triathlon - Sprint Distance - TriathlonSprint

Started on the beach. I pre swam the course for warm up, and was out in the area a couple days prior to the race. It was fairly shallow, about chest deep for 3/4s of the course, shallower the rest of the course. My swim went well, I didn't go out to hard which is my normal starting speed. I ended up mid pack, but all the people aquajogging were impossible to swim around so I started jogging, only for a few feet before noticing how tiring it was on the legs. I went back to swimming and just plowed my way through. My swim time was way faster then I was expecting. I've heard from some more experienced people that this event organizer does not always have the most accurate swim distances. I'm thinking it might be shorter then reported.

Couldn't see the lane lines so I wasn't very good at swimming in a straight line.

I was faster then my goal so I was happy with that.

Start more towards the front to avoid the walkers. Not worry about plowing over walkers. Get better at swimming in a straight line.

I didn't feel this slow. I stopped to kiss the baby and I don't ming spending the time for that.

Move faster

I climbed the hill the week before the race which made it far less intimidating. I made it to the top with one gear to spare. After settling in I played YoYo with a few people. I could have pushed harder, I was saving some for the run, but I don't think it would have made a difference in my run performance. I was still faster then my goal so it was good.

Go harder

Again, I didn't feel like it took me that long.

Move faster.

I was a bad boy prior to the race and had not done any brick workouts. Going from the bike to the run was the first time I had ever done that. It was brutal. I could not get moving. Ended up running for 30second then walking for 30seconds up the big climb. Once up top I started getting into a grove. I made on crucial mistake. I got passed by a guy wearing a Twinkies jersey. I jokingly ask if he had any Twinkies. He pulls one out of his jersey pocket and hands it to me. I felt obligated to eat it. I got one bite down before I felt like I was going to puke. I tried pawning it off on a girl who was passing my, but she was way smarter then I. I stuffed the remaining twinkie in my jersey pocket. I'm not sure why I didn't just chuck it.

There were many Gu wrappers littering the trail. I figured since I was already slow, I might as well pick them up. I think I grabbed about 6.

I drank to much water/gatorade trying to get rid of the twinkie taste.

With all that, I must have been going along at a pretty decent clip for me. My overall time was way faster then I thought I was going to end up with.

It was all downhill into the finish. I kept my pace down because I had already almost crashed on the trail and didn't want to end up tumbling down the road. A couple hundred yards before the finish I let gravity work it's magic on me and really got cooking. I blew by some lady in the finish chute, and even remembered to zip up the jersey before the finish line guy took my picture. I'm a cyclist at heart and it is the proper thing to do.

Not eat the twinkie.

I had energy left. I felt like I could have kept running for a long time, but while I was running, there was no more speed in my legs.

Wondered around looking for my wife and daughter and trying to find the post race drinks. I managed to miss them right at the exit from the finish and took what seemed like for ever to find them.

Umm Fazoli's.


I've got the endurance, not sure how to get more speed.


It was my first tri so I don't have much to go on.

Appreciated all the Tri Fox support.