Hilton Head Suntrust Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Decent swim. Need some more distance work in pool. Got choked up a few times. Could have had much better time with more conditioning. I got caught up with slower swimmers crossing in front of me. Pretty good swim for 1st ocean swim ever.

better conditioning

Several hundred yards from beach time pad to TA. Took about 20secs and downed a powergel.

Walked most of distance. Needed to catch my breath. Would have preferred to run but this will come with time. Fumbled my stuff a little in the TA but not bad overall. Much better than my first event.

Good bike. Passed lots of riders. Was passed by very few.

use aero bars

Great transition. Yanks are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Dumped helmet and gloves. Slipped on running shoes and gone.

Nothing--about as good as I could have hoped

legs really tight. Right knee felt stiff. Walked much more than I wanted to. Seemed to be able to string together 3-4 mins of run at a time. Hooked up with another guy early on and hung near him the whole time. About mile 2, we started running together and pushing each other. Kept the run going all of the way in. Pushed the pace up with about 250 yds to go and then sprinted the last 100yds. Kind of strange but this was my best 5k time ever!!

More conditioning--did what I could with what my legs had to offer.

Walked around putting away stuff from TA. Walked over to post-race food and got some. Karen and I went back to the hotel and had a big breakfast


Continue to improve conditioning. Felt great for my 2nd race and 1st ocean swim.


Good race. Would like to do again next year as a measuring stick for my training.