Chelan Man - Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Good swim but it was definitely a long course this year. I improved my placing from last year & led my AG by about 2 mins, but was 20sec/100 slower than last year? I think it might have been about 200yds long. Felt long too :)

Swim more

:30 faster than last year but still a lot of room for improvement here.

Just speed it up in general. Maybe work on incorporating the rubberband technique

Mount went OK, I got up to speed, turned the first corner… and my contact lens popped out into my sunglasses. I pulled over and luckily it was still stuck against the glasses so I put it back in and got going again – that probably took about a minute in total. Not sure whether I should have just kept going without it but I’m fairly blind and it might have been unsafe for others without good depth perception etc. Oh well it wasn’t a huge deal. My time was slightly slower than last year but relative placing in the field was better and I didn’t get overtaken by as many people. Also I overtook someone myself for the first time ever :) - some guy who passed me at the start but then ran out of steam. Overall I was satisfied but want to really pick it up by next year.

Ride more and longer.

There was a timing error and my T2 & run times were combined, so this is just a guess. T2 went well – just racked the bike, threw on the shoes and went.

I think his one was my fastest transition ever - I wish I knew the actual time.

Not sure of rank because everyone's T2/run times were messed up. Bottom third of AG probably.

This is molasses-slow for most people but for me it’s lightning fast :). My aim was just to run the whole thing and not walk and I managed that. The last mile was a hard slog but I got through and beat my tri 5k PR by about 4mins. Even though the run was the worst part of my race compared to the field, this is the part I feel best about.



Decent improvement since last year - keep up the running... run more!

Stretched, drank Heed for the first time and nearly threw up... that stuff is awful! Ate fruit and cheered others in.


Relied mostly on existing swim form to get me through... I should keep up the swimming at least once or twice/week.
Contact lens issue on bike.
need more training volume overall.


Love this race and would be happy to do it every year.