Ironclad Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I should have started in front of my wave. Started in back due to my last race's panic attack. I couldn't get past the masses of people until the 3rd turn. During the swim to the first marker this guy was grabbing me every 20 sec until the 2nd marker. I couldn't get past him because of all the other people in front of me. I must of been in the most crowded area of my wave. Sighting was good the first half of the race. Went off course twice because I forgot to sight at the later half of the race. Disappointed in my swim, but it was my fault for not trusting myself to start in front of the pack.

Start in front of the wave.

Ok transition. The suit stuck a bit and i couldn't get my tri-shirt on. Had to take it off and put it on again 3 times.. Forced myself to drink a little.

Next race is warmer so I would wear my tri-top under the wetsuit.

I had major problems clipping in. I jumped on the bike and couldn't clip in either feet. Wasted the little down hill in the start and had to jump off due to the small up-hill (i wasn't clipped in either foot yet). I had to run the bike up and then clip in.. I was pissed.. So many people passed me during my clipping fiasco. I passed most people that passed me once I clipped in. I must of wasted 1.5 - 2 min on my mistake, though according to the race results i still avged 18.6 mph.

position my pedals better.. Push a little harder, drink more. I think I only drank 5 oz on the bike. Hurt me on the run.

Tri-bike? Noticed that I would pass people on tri-bikes on hills and hold my own on down hills, but they would beat me on flats.. I passed and got passed by the same group of people on tri-bikes throughout the race.

My cleat stuck a little. When I dismounted, I didn't realize my left foot was still in but wasn't too bad. I learned a lot of people had this problem because they couldn't feel their feet/the feet were numb due to the cold swim. One person fell flat on his face.

Very very hard run for me. First ever off road run. Even running on the grass slowed me down a ton. I looked at my pace on the grass it was 6.5 miles per hr and then on the boardwalk it was 8 mph going at the same effort. Run through the woods was tough, it was probably over 2 miles of running through the woods in narrow trails, very hard to pass anyone. Several steep climbs and several things you had to jump over. You constantly had to watch were you step because of all the roots and largish rocks. Some muddy areas and several bridges to jump on to (6 overall i think). Ton of turns i was sort-of disoriented, it was like i was running through a maze. It was fun but very hard for me. Should have drank much more on the bike. during the last half mile my right quad and hamstring felt like they were about to cramp. I stopped and stretched a little and it felt much better. Tough run..

practice running in those conditions? Even though my time is way off, I was ok with the time because of how difficult it was.

Drank 2 gatorades and had brunch the organizers prepared. My friend Scott did well too.


My mistakes. This is my 2nd tri and i learned just as much as my first. I'm glad i did it.


very nice volunteers, very organized race and nice food at the end.