Fall Frenzy Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

This was a terrible swim for me. I started 4th out of 5 in my lane and never really got into a groove. It's too crowded or something and I never do well in these pool swims. I got lapped by everyone in my lane at least once and I had to stop a few times at the end so they could pass me. A couple of these guys should have been in the 7:30-8:00 min. group and they got me all flustered when they kept tapping my feet and swimming by me. I was getting passed on the right and the left by these dick heads. I swam a 500 last week in 9:07 so I know I'm faster than this. This was even slower than last year! Last year I had a combined swim/T1 of 12:00 and this year my combined swim/T1 was 12:33 and I am a much improved swimmer over last year. (I say "dick heads" but they were all really nice guys I'm just frustrated with my lack of ability)


Open water swim or get a lane to myself.

This included the run up to T1. I felt like it was pretty fast and it was the 3rd fastest in my AG so I can't complain.

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I felt pretty good on the bike. It ended up being 18 seconds faster than last year so it's an improvement. I came up on this guy with an M-Dot tatoo on his calf and played cat and mouse with him for awile and finally put the hammer down on him. I also passed every one of those dick heads that kicked my ass in the pool. I caught the last guy at about mile 12 and it was very rewarding since he was the one that swam a 7:30 in my lane and lapped me twice. I saw Zev out on the bike and said hello too.

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This was a good transition. It was the 3rd fastest in my AG.

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The first half mile or so my legs felt a little heavy but I kept trying to speed up my leg turnover and I finally got a good pace going. After I hit the turnaround I saw the swim dick head again and there was no way he was going to catch up to me. There was a guy in my AG that I passed towards the end of the bike that caught back up to me and passed me. I stayed on his heels for as long as I could but he got me going up this little hill. All of sudden he had 10 yards on me and his lead eventually got to about 30 yards. I think he is the guy that got 4th in my AG.

Maybe push a little harder to keep up with that guy. I should have surged up that little hill to stay on his heels and followed him in to the finish!

Just drank was water and hung out and talked to everyone.


I don't swim well at all! Overall it was a good race for me though and it was about 46 seconds faster than last year. I improved on everything but the swim.


The swim start times were way off again by about 30 minutes this year and I hate the way they do the pool swim. Other than that it is a fun race.