Summertime Blues Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

First time event I think swim went well. Was alittle surprised to see everyone else hanging back as I hit backstretch. Despite one zig-zag swimmer in front of me until I passed him there were no traffic issues.

I saved to much energy here not knowing what to expect for rest of race. I actually did a good 20% doing breaststroke while in early traffic. I know

I sucked at my first trans. I was in no hurry and didn't realize how much time I took until I looked at results afterwards.

Prep time before race was limited due to late arrival and that hurt me here. I had to go thru my bag to get all my gear out as I was trans.

This is where I had issues that were unanticipated. I have only been on the bike once this year and this came back to hurt me. Ran first half of bike at good pace of 19+ but suffered last 1/3rd and brought pace way down.

Maybe prepare my body a little better for the bike.

Slow again at transition but not as bad as T1. It is a learnign process and I will get it down at some point. Did almost eat it at top of hill getting off the bike. Someone siddled me right as I was dismounting.

Not to much, just try to improve my bike shoes to running shoes change. Would help to have them outside my bag.

I was actually surprised at my pace here. Haven't run outdoors this far in over 15 years. Walked a total of 6 minutes to relive stiches due to to much water and also trying to avoid the oncoming cramp.

Running will be my downfall in each subsequent event so if I can push my time to a 26 then I would be very satisfied. That would include no walking to put me on pace.

Walk and jog for 10 minutes.


Out of shape, first tri event ever.


Great race and a nice starter for me.