Tri Review: Lakeside Double Sprint

The Lakeside Double Sprint Triathlon was last Saturday, June 15 at Lakeside Park in South Carolina. There were 115 participants at the event which made for an exciting evening. Most triathlons are in the morning, but since this is at a water-park (at least the swim portion), the race was scheduled for a Saturday evening at 6PM.

I arrived around 4:15PM to set-up and warm-up. It was pretty warm and humid evening, which is fairly typical for South Carolina this time of year. After warm-up (short bike ride and 1 mile run) I made my way to the pool.

The double triathlon consisted a 250 yard swim, 8 mile bike, and 2.1 mile run, followed by a 250 yard swim, 8 mile bike, and 2.1 mile run. The swim was a wave start (each person starts every 5-10 seconds) so I finally got into the pool around 6:15PM. Here's how my times break down:

Swim 1: 5:57
T1: 0:50
Bike 1: 23:05
T2: 0:40
Run 1: 14:00
T3: 0:32
Swim 2: 7:08
T40: 0:53
Bike 2: 23:56
T5: 0:32
Run 2: 13:55
TOTAL: 1:31

The swims were predicatly my slowest events, the bikes were great, and the runs were surprisingly fast. I felt very strong on the runs which was honestly a pleasant surprise. Two years ago at this race my time was 1:35; last year it was 1:33; and this year it was 1:31. I'm thankful for the trend in my time. I managed to place 2nd in my age group and 15th out of 115 overall. It was a great race with great friends. Looking forward to the next outing!