Imperial Beach Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Water was dark and oily. Not really fun to swim in. It tasted terrible, when unfortunately, I managed to swallow it. The current was strong and moving north to south, but the course was south to north, which made it interesting. After the horn, I ran north to the inside of the wave start before I went in. This worked really well. I had clear water almost all the way. Thanks Bill for the tip.


Not show up to the race hung over on 3 hours' sleep. I need to work on surf entry.

My foot didn't like the run from the swim into the transition area. I'm still not good on barefoot running over asphalt.

My number was not attached to the bike right. I lost time taping it down. I'd

Nothing in the legs. Held decent speeds, or so I thought. Splits are off from T1 through the bike and into T2.

Maybe Iron Mountain the day before was a bad idea. This should have been way faster.

Had a great moment with the sloppiest dismount of my racing career so far. Got a great gasp out of the crowd when I endo-ed and nearly ate it hopping off.

Smooth out the dismount. I usually get those right.

Better than I thought, given what I had in me on the bike. Was able to keep a few people from passing me, passed more. Held off Brian until the very end.

See bike and swim notes.

Oranges, wandering around, stretching (calves, hamstrings, hip flexors)


Iron Mountain on Saturday.
Showing up with three hours' sleep.
Being hung over from the TNT fundraiser Saturday night.

On a similar course last month, I was able to go 1:06 and change. All told, not a great race in the scheme of what I've done, but far better than I expected given its lead-in.


A fun race. Good for a tune up or just to get in a full sequence practice. Not a good test of yourself. Or, maybe it is if you're feeling healthy and just want to try as hard as you can to kill it.