Race Report: Ft Ritchie Sprint Triathlon
This post took longer than I wanted to get this review up. Two Sundays ago, I participated in the 5th Annual Ft Ritchie Triathlon. This is a local triathlon nestled in the Cactoctin Mountains of Maryland between Frederick and Hagerstown. It is very close to Camp David, the presidential retreat also in the same mountain area. The grounds used to be an Army institution but it was closed in the mid 90s and the community has been trying to revitalize the grounds ever since. It is a great venue for triathlon since it has a limited access lake, very little traffic, a huge field for parking and a community center complete with showers for after. A portion of Lake Royer at the Fort Last year, I did the Olympic distance race as my second triathlon ever. This year, I opted for the Sprint distance as I would be only four weeks after my full Iron-distance and didn't want to commit if I didn't recover properly. That being said, it was also my first Sprint distance race. I