Lone Star Triathlon Festival - Sprint - TriathlonSprint

The swim was really slow for the effort exerted. There was a lot of traffic at the start, then I settled in on the hip of what turned out to be the winner of the first-timers and tracked him most of the way in. As we overtook the previous wave got bottled up again and was dead in the water at the turn bouy. While it seemed the tide was pulling us along, it sure was slow for me. Some have speculated that the distance may have been off.

try to get clear quicker and get into a groove. I never got comfortable in this swim.

It was all a blur, but I guess it was ok. dropped a shoe out of the clip after the mount line and had to stop and regroup. never got the shoe on correctly-had the tongue all jammed down by my toes but DIDN'T BUST MY ASS!!!

get my shoes on my feet.

Well, the bike went about as expected with no more training than I put into it. It was pleasant, chatted up a few folks along the way and generally enjoyed myself. I survived and DIDN'T BUST MY ASS!!!

get a bike and ride it a lot.

Since this is my first race, I have no frame of reference, but I felt like it went ok here.

The run was nice. This type of course is tough for me with all the twists and turns. I have a hard time changing directions and prefer longer straightaways and gentle curves. Around the 1-mile mark, I literally commented to someone "well look, there are my legs!" and picked it up a bit.

no complaints. this is about what I expected to run.

beer tent!


lack of training on the bike.


This is an outstanding, well-organized event. Everyone, organizers and racers alike, went out of their way to recognize and support beginners. It was a great day!