Crystal Beach Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

there were a few lightening strikes while the Oly distance swimmers were in the water, some of the sprint racers decided not to go, after conferring with my runner I decided to go as it looked like the weather was moving off to the north, i started out going way too far right to the first buoy, lost my chance for good drafting, small wave size made for pretty easy swimming

site the first buoy better and stay with the guy that I wanted to draft off

atleast 1/4 mile run back up the road to transition area, I decided to go barefoot because it was pouring and thought the flip flops would not be a good idea, got to Maria and sent her off to bike in the rain

put running shoes by the beach so I could run up the road faster

this was Maria's part of the race; she's been sick so has not been on her bike much and has never biked in the rain, she started slow and gradually increased her speed, managed to catch and pass one of the relay girls, she had a great ride in tough conditions

no real T2 time, Maria was off the bike and Nicole was off running probably within 10 to 20 seconds

Nicole was the star of our team, she took off running and held a steady pace the whole way; even without having a warm up she ran at a great pace and passed atleast one of the other relay teams

hung out at the post race party trying to stay out of the rain, we were really happy to get 2nd place in the relay division since they put all the teams together, the team that beat us was a mixed team, after the race there is a local band and plenty of food and drink


this is a great little race up an the eastern shore of VA; the race director has it in his yard and it is low key and very fun, I think this was the worst weather day they ever had. this was my 2nd year doing this race and we will go back again next year