Blackland Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

My goal was to go sub 5:00 which I accomplished but had a few things that could have made my time even faster that I will have to do next weekend. They started us about every 5 seconds and when it was my turn they said to make sure you hear your chip which I didn't so I stood there for about 5 seconds trying to get it to active and then just took off an hoped I missed it. 1st 50 went fine, did not catch anyone but was gaining. I did catch 1 person the next 50 and set my eyes on the next. I technically got to the wall before the girl I was passing but she was on the inside so I had to wait a few seconds for her to go so that cost me. I caught her right after that though. I think my first 100m was around 1:30 when I caught a glimpse of the clock. I took from 200-250 a little easy to keep my heart rate in check but the last 50 I went all out. I was on a guys heels nearing the ladder but had to wait a few more seconds for him to get up the ladder and then I had difficulties finding the steps so more wasted seconds. Swim ranking might be off though because only 250 people are listed with swim times so there must have been a problem since the people all have slow T1 times.

Make sure my chip works, be more agressive at the walls and learn to climb a ladder. I probably cost my self 10-15 seconds easy.

7th overall - 3rd AG

Good transition but a long run from the pool but the same run everyone had to do. Helmet on, glass on, race belt on. Pretty simple and probably my best T1 placing. Only problem is because swim times were messed up as mentioned above, my T1 ranking might be off.

Nothing.

Left T1 and had to wait a few minutes to find a suitable place to get into my shoes. Well, there was a slight incline so I slowed down quite a bit but finally got into them both. At that point I realized I did not start my Garmin so I would not have an accurate time but no big deal. Just took to picking off some people. The course was really well marked with lots of cones but around mile 4 the cones curved apparnently to direct cars but I thought I was suppose to go that way too. Realized pretty quickly I was not so I made a u turn and got back on course. Cost my self some time but probably only 30seconds to a minute. Went back to picking off people when ever possible. There were a few time where the bike lane they had set up got extremely narrow I thought and had problems passing a few people. My main goal was to just keep my HR down and have a good run which I think I accomplished. Last mile I took it easy to get my HR down so my time did go down some but think my run benefited because of this. Plus I was not physically passed by anyone on the bike course

Know the course better and work on speed intervals and not endurance as much for sprints.

7th overall - 2nd AG. Helmet off, shoes on grab visor and go.

Nothing. These splits were updated for everyone so I had a great transition I think.

I have been running alot lately but no fast so I did not come in expecting anything great. Immediately off the bike I felt great and was able to pick off a few people. I did get passed pretty quickly by number 199 so he started a good distance behind me (I was 161) so he was flying. I started to slow down so I wouldn't blow up at the end which I could feel coming on so I think I paced well Considering I was only off my 5K pr by :54. Just tried to run a steady race. The last mile was on soft grass which I did not expect so that hurt me some but not too much. Near the end I saw someone approacing but did not realize it was Andy and he caught me right before the finish but I knew he started in front of me so I had him beat.

Nothing really maybe work on speed.

Walked the .5 miles back to my bike to put on some clothes which was about it.


Need to do more interval training and have not swam much since the baby was born. I would bet if I did not make the few mistake I made I could have placed in my AG and close to top 10 overall.


For a first year race this was a great race. They were able to swithc the pool to 1 lane direction and 50 meters which was a plus. The transition was pretty far from the finish so for specators it definately sucked but no big deal. The mistake I made on the bike was mainly my fault but it was confusing. They had a band at the end in an ampitheatre that was pretty cool but they played so loud that it was tought to talk.