Swim starts in the water a few feet deep in a cove near the country club. Wave start with 3 minutes in between each wave. Lake Sinclair is a very clean Georgia lake (one of the cleanest). My in-laws live on the lake and I always enjoy open water swimming in this lake. Even though it was somewhat windy on the lake, the water was pretty calm. This is a great swim for a first time triathlete. Plenty of buoys and easy to site.

Because there are a lot of first timers, I spent a good portion of the swim trying to swim around people.

I saw another woman next to me in the same colored cap swimming at my pace so I kept with her the entire time. She was the 3rd overall female.

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The transition from swim to bike in near the lake. It's a decent climb out of the country club/transition area to the road. If you do this race, make sure your bike is in the correct gear for the climb. Luckily, I remembered to do that this time!

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Georgia Multisports did an excellent job placing a volunteer at pretty much EVERY cross road to direct athletes where to go. Also, even though the road was open to traffic I think I saw maybe two cars the entire time (which was surprising given that it was a Sunday and there are a lot of churches on Log Cabin Road).

Several of the homewoners sat in the yard and watched the racers.

Nothing. I missed my time goal by a few seconds but overall was fine with this result.

NOTE: T2 is in a different locaiton than T1. It's up the hill from the lake at the country club parking lot. If you ever plan to do this race plan extra time for transition set up. It's not complicated but just keep it in mind.

One of my worst transitions ever. I was having problems with my Garmin and as I came into transition, I MISSED my rack and got lost. WTF? I've never done that before. Then I found it and had to go under the rack to get my shoes, which were facing the other direction. Ummmm, DAH? Probably a 15 second cost.

PAY ATTENTION! Dah!

My number belt fell apart on the run and fell off of me. It happened because I was trying to loosen it a little and loosened the wrong side. I had to run back to get it and stop to tie it into a knot around my waist. Oh well! Stuff happens. With this in mind I was really happy with my run time.

Practice adjusting the belt while running or leave it alone!

Drink water and chat with family and friends!


T2 screw up and number belt mishap.


I thought this was a great local sprint race. I definitely plan to do this again every year and highly recommend it.

Excellent post-race barbeque spread available to everyone there, not just the athletes!