Hawk Island Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I felt like I was going pretty fast, but my time says differently. It felt good though. Had to pause while some chic doing the backstroke passed right in front of me at a diagonal. Sighted pretty well but got disoriented once because my goggles fogged up and the flag I was spotting was blowing right at me so that the skinniest part of the flag was facing me, making it hard to spot.

I need to work on my upper body strength, do more intervals in my training to get my pace up there.

Put another shirt on for warmth, but nearly tried to put my helmet on first. Otherwise, I think it was a decent time.

Not much.

I raced much faster than I have in training and I was quite pleased with my time.

I hope to get even faster when I get on some clipless pedals.

I'm happy with this time. I didn't have to worry about shoe changes, just racked my bike, took my helmet and shirt off, put on my band, took a swig of water and off I went.

Nothing.

This was a decent run for me. My calves started to cramp up a bit at first (I blame having cages instead of clipless pedals), but loosened up after a couple of minutes. I ran out harder and lost a bit of steam on the way back. Still had enough for a strong finish though.

Interval training to increase my overall speed.

Oops, I didn't do this very well. Had some water and a little food, but wasn't real hungry or thirsty. Wanted to hang out with my family so I stood and sat, when I should have been walking around more.


This was my first race!


This was a great race, awesome course (except a few potholes on the bike), lots of great volunteers. Couldn't hear the start of the swim waves very well, and needed more port-o-potties especially during the race. Minor complaints though as it was well-run.