Time is approximate as no splits available yet but I moved up to the line with everyone else for once and all that did was make the 1st 100 yards or so a lot of stop and start swimming as a lot of bumping into slower folks in front of me (I know hard to believe!). From then I just found some water and swam pretty smooth for me but never tried anything but comfortable due to no swim training at all lately.

Train! Seriously though for sprints it's not even worth it for me to waste what little time I have on really training unless I were to get lessons as part of it as I don't really gain much time savings on my own.

Again all times estimate but T1 went ok. Had to take the suit off so that slowed me down and at last second I decided to wear socks on the bike so really just an average transition. Ran well with the bike once on the move.

I obviously always have a room to improve at transitions and really should just move my ass quicker and save some time.

I've had about the same amount of bike training as swim lately so didn't expect much here. Wanted to try and get under 40 minutes and might have but had a few slow downs almost stops for traffic and/or when I was unsure of what a few cars were doing. I was able to push good on the flats and downhills and pass people but just in no shape even on any little uphills. Also being in the last wave and not a great swimmer the bike course was very lonely and not conducive to pushing yourself as not many people around.

Again train! Going to devote my offseason to strengthening my legs and my bike leg as there is a ton of time to be gained here.

Believe I had a good T2. First race with the Yankz and that seemed to save me a lot of time here. Only problem was I got a bit disoriented when I first entered transition and didn't realize where my rack was right away. Wasted a few seconds staring in panic.

Pay attention to the bike in place in relation to my rack.

Run was just a run. Felt like a training run as didn't seem to have the desire or get up and go to push it much. Still passed quite a few folks though it helps to have some of the slower age groups start in the wave(s) in front of me. I do like the course as it takes you all through the town and back around so keeps it interesting.

Like always just push through any discomfort, it is a race!

Grabbed a water and found Jay who finished 5 minutes ahead of me (secret goal next year is to beat him in a race). Then just grabbed some grub and hit the road as was under orders to get home fairly early.


In reality I haven't trained specifically for a sprint Tri or anything quick all year. Trained for my 1/2 Mary early in the season and mostly have just mixed in an occasional swim and bike with longer, slower training runs. It really does show in my times that there's a big advantage to training for a race and not just training to be in shape. Hope to pick out a few goal races next year and train to them to see what I can do time wise.


Darek has done a fantastic job with this race in just 3 short years and lo and behold it didn't rain this year. Will continue to do this every year.