Grand Haven Y Festival of Races - Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim time is a little skewed because of the 3/4 mile run from the beach to the transition area. I swam pretty well. Didn't need a wetsuit, but figured I better use it to improve my time. After the swim took the wetsuit off and threw on my old running shoes and ran up to transtion. It was different, but very cool. Definitely a new challenge.

Wet suit was actually off long before I got to transition. Had to kick my shoes off and throw my helmet on and I was off. The mounting area was on a hill so I had a hard time getting my feet situated on top of my shoes.

Maybe put shoes on before mounting?

Fun ride...not used to riding any hills, so this was a challenge.

Need to ride more hills.

Dismount area snuck up on me so I wasn't able to get out of my shoes, had to unclip instead. Worked out ok, just wasn't able to run into transtion as I normally would.

I was dehydrated, got a pretty good knot in my right hamstring at the end of the run (last 1/2 mile)

Prepare better in the days leading up. Drank too much and my nutrition went to crap. I guess that's what happens when you are on vacation?

Cold wet towel on my head and lots of water. Talked to a guy from Naples for a while. We were even coming out of T2 and then he dusted me on the run.


Preparation in the week leading up to the race.


Super fun race. Different than any other race I have done so far, simply because of the layout and the geography. That run from the beach was tough, but a great way to test the athletes.