Nature of sprints is you have to hustle right from the gun - there's just not enough time to make up lost time against the stronger folks. I tried to keep the effort to just below where the heartrate goes nuts.

Came out of the water maybe in 10-12 position.

OA rank above based on prelim results - times not yet posted


Love to have the confidence in my swim to just hammer from the git-go. That's a dream I have at every race.

I think my race was made by T1 - Since I leave my shoes clipped in and only put on helmet and sunglasses, I scoot right in and out. I believe I left around 3-4 folks at least in T1.

My strong suit - I passed every rider in front of me, except one who must have absolutely killed the swim. I ride best in the hills and all the passes were made on uphill grades. I had no idea where I stood position-wise as I made the turn back into the Rec Area but only saw one runner coming out of T2 - Could I possibly be in 2nd place?

Rankings above based on prelim results - Time not yet posted


Not race the day before? Legs felt perfectly fine but who knows if there was more speed to be had.

T2 was not nearly as snappy - wee bit of fumbling 'round.

Learn to get my feet out of the shoes while still on the bike so as to make a flying leap from the bike while still in motion - Those ITU guys make it look easy

The distance had to be off. .Like at least by a half mile too long but no big deal. I could see one guy in front of me by about 150 yards. I made up time very slowly but until the turnaround had no idea how many other people were still ahead - He was the only one. Could I possibly be in second place? Totally unchartered territory. I was already running about as fast as I could so it's not like I was stalking the guy, waiting to spring my kick to the finish but he really did seem to be slowing down. W/in the last 200 yards, I mustered all I had, took the lead and for 50 glorious yards, I was winning a race. Alas, it was not to be. My competitor had a kick in reserve and passed me about 20-30 yards from the end. OK, 2nd place OA after going 3rd the day before in a longer race.

Best Guess re time is around 21 mins based on course and abundant adrenaline.




Better strategy at the end could have won me this race. I shouldn't have made a move so far from the finish but hey, it's not like I've been confronted with having to make those kinds of decisions since I took up triathlon. :-)

See above comments about racing the day before.


The Int'l Distance race here was my first ever tri back in '03. .We keep coming back because it's a beautiful setting for a race - Great swim venue and challenging bike course. I am not too sure about the distance measurements but that's a small detail in the face of all the things to like. All in all, I give the Race Director high marks.

PS - my kids raced too! They did the kids race and even though they didn't come home with hardware, I know they're quite proud to participate.