Race Report: Swamp Rabbit Sprint Triathlon

It was cloudy and humid when I pulled up to the race site at Furman University around 6AM on Saturday, July 20. Thankfully, the rain wasn't too bad and race conditions were suitable for a great day overall. I did a four-mile ride and two-mile run to warm-up for the race and then made my way to the pool to begin.

The 250-yard swim was fast and furious. With a swim that short it was full gas the entire way to get out of the water as quickly as possible and onto the bike. I managed to finish in 4:27. I was in and out of T1 in 54 seconds to start the 16.2 mile bike. The bike was a single loop course around the area with rolling hills. I finished the bike in 46:19 and then in and our of T2 in 37 seconds. The 5K run was mostly flat and I tried to leave it all out on the course. I finished the run in 19:19 to bring my final time to 1:11:35. Last year my time was 1:12:35 so I got faster by a minute which is very encouraging.

I placed 1st out of nine in my age group and 13th out of 197 overall. My friend Ricky blazed through the course to win with a time of 59 minutes(!!!). And it was great to see my friend John Lehman  do the race as well. Overall a great day at the Swamp Rabbit Triathlon and a huge thank you to the Set-Up Event Staff and all the volunteers.

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