Marshman Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Despite my thoughts to the contrary, I'm a very strong swimmer. I have been hanging to the back of the pack (this time because I was talking to friends) and I feel like it is costing me a significant amount of time on the swim. I still finished 15th overall for my age group, which I think indicates I should be trying to start towards the front of the pack.

Start towards the front!!

Had a bit of trouble getting into shirt, I need to rethink what I wear during the race. Other than that, decent transition.

New shirt.

This course was really tough! On the first big hill, I thought I was flat, and tried to stop to check on it (and managed to fall off my bike in the process). Tire looked ok, but I was stuck walking the rest of the hill. Had to walk one other big hill later in the course, but overall passed more people than passed me.

Train on hills! Tune up bike ahead of time to lessen chance of being low on air and having other minor mechanical problems.

Had some trouble racking the bike, and legs were super shaky from the hilly ride. The run down the hill didn't help.

Sit down to put on shoes? Elastic laces?

Ugh! My calf cramped up about 1/4 mile in, and I had to break to stretch it out. Had to walk some of the tough uphill, but probably could have pushed it and ran. Had a lot left to sprint at the end.

Train on hills, practice running when tired (I know I can run 5-6 miles when I'm not tired, so this should have been a piece of cake!)

Walked around, drank water.


Not as good as North East Tri, but still an enjoyable race. Would consider coming back next year (mainly to try and challenge myself to do better!)