Timing was pretty basic and the split times listed here are my estimates.

Practiced swimming more to build stamina in the lap pool. I did swim the river a week before which helped my river swim.

Had a good spot in t-area. I lost a few seconds puting my tank top on as I was wet.

Get a tri suit so dont have to put shirt on or dont wear shirt at all....get a race belt for my racing number.

I was almost alway at 21-22 mph the entire ride. Turning the corners was a little tricky sometimes as their were slow riders and kids doing the race.

Drank a little more

Fairly quick transition. Lock Laces on the shoes helped a lot.

Not getting frustrated seeing people ahead of you dump their bikes in without returning to the transition area before proceeding to run portion. I contacted the race director about this and offered some suggestions to prevent that in the future.

About 50 yards into the run my calves cramped up and stayed that way for about a half mile. This really slowed me down and discouraged me. I usually can run this distance in about 14 minutes or so.

Figure out why my calves cramped up and how to prevent it next time

Walk and stretch.


Cramped Calves during run


Overall a fun race. Hope that next year they find a way to have at least one more water station and get the transition are figured out where participants can't dump their bike without taking them back to the transition area.