Started out a little too quickly and my heartrate got out of control making it difficult to breath properly. After a 200 yards or so the heartrate and breathing were under control. I had some water get in my left goggle so I had to drain that out about half way through the swim. Lots of big rocks under the water where we had to exit the lake. Stepped on a couple of these but managed not to fall over. There was quite a long run from the water to where we crossed the timing mat.

Try to have a smoother start and build up to speed.

This was the first sprint race I have used my garmin. I had it ready to put on in T1 however I couldn't get it on my wrist. Wasted a bunch of time. I either need to get a velco watch band or mount the garmin on the bike.

The course description said one big hill at the beginning followed by rolling hills. I think this was a bit off. The first hill was a monster and so were 2 other hills. I think I got down to 6mph going up one of the hills. There were a couple of railroad tracks to go over that came at points where we were carrying a lot of speed. Kind of scary but had no issues.

I ran the first and third mile well the second was kind of slow. My watch showed about 45 seconds faster than what they had recorded. Kind of strange.

I took a solid 3 weeks off in May to let my body heal so given that I was pleased at how things turned out.


This was the first year for this race. I really enjoyed it and will be back.