Luray Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The front part of the course was fine, this was my first open water swim, so I had that challenge + there were a bunch of slower swimmers in the previous heat ~which clogged things up a bit. My only complaint is about the exit from the swim - the channel that all the swimmers had to exit from was too small and too congested, I lost over a minute waiting for those ahead of me walking out of the water thru the seaweed and muck. I was unable to swim in to the exit point. Would be better if we could have come out on a wider space like the beach.

Relax a bit more, try to breathe easier and set up a smoother rhythm to my swim.

The stairs were congested and slow - lots of people came out of the water at the same time... I took my time, in order to not slip on the wood,

Be more agressive about getting out of the water ahead of a large group, jog up the stairs to my transition area

The course was really lovely, until that last hill, what a bear. It just killed my legs. I wanted to get off the bike so badly but didn't - thank goodness

I have just started cycling, so this was challanging for me, I have only done a few hill work outs, will def. start to do a lot more, I can see that my cardio has improved but there a room for a lot more + I want to get my cadence up, I see people passing me, pedaling at higher speeds with seemingly less effort - that would help out a lot

This transition went a lot better, except for nearly sliding into race official when dismounting... shoes slipped on pavement - other than that, no problems and seemed smooth. Manage to down some water before exiting. will try to do a gel next time to give me a better boost on the way out of T2

not slide at dismount site, maybe unfasten shoes before getting off the bike

Wow - this was difficult after the last hill set on the bike... I have only recently started to run, so although my time was not great, I'm pretty happy that I made it. My legs were toast.

I will start to train on some hills, I have been working on getting the distance down for the past few months and now need to step things up a bit

walk around to cool off, water, gatorade, fruit


Need to eat more before the race, I used up all my energy by the end of the bike. Drank more fluids this time and I think that helped but even a bit more would be better


Need to train more - this is only my second race and it was more difficult than the first one I did in Richmond. But considering I have only 2 months of training under my belt, I'm pretty happy so far. I look forward to my next one in Dewey Beach.