Rainman Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Felt great on the swim. Lost a few seconds since I lost count of my laps. Hard to count to 8 I guess. I was the second guy out of the water and felt great.

Nothing. Swim was perfect.

I was wearing trunks and put on full length bike pants instead of just shorts. I was worried about going from the warmth indoors to the cold outdoors and I didn't want to cramp up. It took forever to get on the dang bike all of the time I built up went away on the transistion.

I'd probably swim in my tri shorts down in Vegas. Weather shouldn't be a factor there. I will be practicing the swim/bike before heading south.

I was sweating like a horse in the pool room. Forgot to load up my water bottle which was a BIG mistake. I slowed it down to make sure I had energy left for the run.

Make sure I have water.

Glad I practiced this before I did the event. It went pretty well.

Practice more.

Felt a lot better in the last 2/3. Kept heart rate pretty consistent. Good pace too. It wasn't raining and the temp was perfect for how warm I was.

Walk around at the finish area for about 5 minutes. Drank a vitamin water thing. Ate a couple of bagels and some oranges. Drank a lot of water.


The swim/bike transistion was pretty bad. Otherwise it's all about the training for me.


For my first tri, this couldn't have been any better. If you live in the Seattle area make this your first event. The distances are perfect for a begginner, you can practice your transitions, the bike allows you to keep an even pace and the run is flat.

If your getting back into the swing after a couple of months of training, this is a great one to knock the rust off.