Escape From Fort Desoto - TriathlonSprint

Th Gulf is always too bouncy for me... even when it's relatively calm. I'm just one of those sensitive, motion sickness prone people. RPE on this swim was only at a 6 or 7 for me; hence, I believe that the course was either short or we had a current. My time shouldn't have been this fast as I'm a 13 minute 800 yd swimmer in the pool (without flip turns).

Find feet! Remember to kick!

A .4 mile run on sand and through a lagoon to get back to transition. I stepped on something coming out of the water and really bruised my heel. Ouch! I still need to learn how to mount the bike with my shoes already in the clips. Overall, I good T time for me: 5/41 in my age group.

An awesome bike for me. RPE was about an 8, so I could have probably dropped one more gear and pushed a bit harder.

There was drafting and blocking going on. I suppose this is unavoidable in a sprint event that has nearly 1000 people participating. There's just not enough time for riders to spread out well. Seems like the minute you pass someone, you are on someone else's behind, or somebody else is on yours.

Drop one more gear and push harder. Have faith that my legs will be there for the run.

A fairly uneventful T2. I need to learn that fancy dismount stuff.
5/41 in my age group

Fancy dismount! Leave running skirt home and just use race belt.

3.6 mile run on mixed suraces

Only 1 drink station. Phooey!

I know that some people ran up those stairs, but I walked them. The run is always tough for me and I was not about to "run" up 45 stairs.

The sand!! I don't ever train on anything like this, so not only was this section of the run hard for me (and where I got passed more times than I would like to admit), but my calves are SCREAMING at me today.

Train a bit more on sand. Increase overall run volume in general. Average run for me; however, a great imrpovement over last year when I factor in things like the stairs and sand!

Not a lick! I waited for Scott and Sondra to cross the line.


Nothing really. This was a good season opener.


Awesome (and quite beautiful), challenging sprint tri course. Not a lot of volunteers and definitely short on water stations. C'mon folks, it's Florida. There should be water at every mile on the run course.