Cranberry Trifest - TriathlonSprint

Overall had another nice swim. Again let the very first swimmers in my wave dive in ahead of me and went in about 5-10 seconds later. Had some problems with people I had to avoid, but swam 100% freestyle without too many issues with breathing.

At some point I will just dive in with the lead group and deal with the elbows, but my current approach has been working nicely.

Had some problem with by the feel of my helmet the first time it went on so I took it off and back on and it felt OK. Also had an issues getting the race belt to line up and snap in which wasted a few seconds.

At some point I will want to invest in tri shoes with the single velcro.

Legs always feel more tired than I think they should when I get on the bike. Overall this was my worst event. Course was very flat which led to the faster than normal pace.

Train more on the bike.

Nothing of note. Saw Lore in the transition area which was fun.

Definitely haven't been training right and the legs felt heavy and very tight when starting the run. Started to feel better after about 10-15 mins.

Stretching and eating, as usual.


Lack of training. Overall need to work most on biking and need to get back into running form. Injuries didnt help.


Best organization of any race I have done thus far. The fact that the Olympic follows the Sprint means that there were many facilities in place that wouldn't normally be in place for the small sprint alone (tons of porto-potties, for instance). Nice and flat course, though the double loop bike was maybe not ideal. Looking forward to doing it again next year!