I ended up in the crowd and kept getting kicked and bumped. My goggles got kicked off early on and I had to tread water and try to get them back on and adjusted. This seemed to really throw me off and I couldn't get in a groove. Definitely not a good swim for me. Coach said this course was closer to 750 yards, but not sure on the true length. Being a small local event, the measurements were all off.

Warm up first. Put goggles on under swim cap.

Transition was set up in a sandy area so there was sand on my feet. I started to shove my feet into my bike shoes, but then decided to rinse them real quick since I had a water bottle sitting right there. This took a bit of extra time to unscrew the water bottle lid and poor on my feet.

Be more prepared to rinse feet if necessary.

My energy level was a bit low; I should have been able to do better on the hills.

Just keep training.

Tri club member waved me in; that was nice! She also descibed the run course to me and pointed me in the right direction when I didn't know where the run out was!

I think this was the first time I did not check all of the in/out locations prior to the race. I had no idea where the run out was!

This course went through the woods then down a sandy road beside the lake. It had rained so it was muddy and had puddles making it a bit difficult to maneuver. Plus it was humid. Again I felt low energy.

It helped to see James, our club VP, at the last curve to the finish. He was shouting encouraging words at me which helped me sprint on in! A few other members were at the finish cheering.

Found my chiropractor at the finish line! His wife did the duathlon. He's doing Xterra tomorrow, so did not race today. Then met up with the Tri Team members and watched the rest of our people come in. Watched awards ceremony (a few of our members placed) and got pics taken in our new Tri Club Team uniforms.






Too much LSD and not enough speedwork.


This race was a small local race and I did not expect much. I was totally surprised by how well this race was conducted! I've NEVER received a finisher's medal for a sprint distance before, so that was a nice touch. They had a great awards ceremony and even raffled off a LOT of items afterwards. I won a new helmet! They also had hotdogs after the race. Very nice race and I would do it again.