Official Photos from the 2026 Square Lake Sprint Triathlon

The Square Lake Sprint Triathlon was 1.5 weeks ago, and it was a fun one! If you missed it, here's my race report, a mention on MN Tri News, and a few final race notes.

And below are some fun race photos from MMRaces on Facebook as they are GREAT about sharing photos from their races!

Me staying warm in transition pre-race!


Judi with the pre-race meeting.


Thanks lifeguard crew!


Announcer Kyle (with the nasty hill out of transition behind him).


Another one of me! This time, with my wetsuit on. (And still with my hoodie too.)


I stopped off to the side so this cheering section could get a photo with their athlete...


... but I made it into the very edge of the frame like a creeper.
"Yes, take that photo. Take it real good. Mmm hmm... just like that..."


Getting closer to the start.


Close-up of me on the far right of that last pic.




Close-up of me in that last pic.


We are underway! I’m near the right about 20 people back from the first starters.


And there I go!!


A dainty hop into the water!


Jesus?!? Is that you?


It was a chilly morning, and I saw a few neoprene booties out there.


A line of athletes heading out to the pink buoy before turning left.


Lots of swimmers!

Judi was clear about the swim course in the pre-race meeting: yes, we had to go around the final green buoy before heading to the chute that led to transition. That was needed to make it the proper distance. So here you see people making a slight turn at that last buoy to get to T1:

The end of the swim course.






One reason I like starting closer to the front is that I’ve
never had to work around this many people when I finish!


Hitting the timing mat at transition.


Up that damn hill out of T1.


The guy directing traffic (mainly the cyclists and runners) just outside of the park.


The cyclist that FLEW past me around mile 3 (who was back to transition MINUTES before anyone else).


Racked his bike about 300-400 yards behind him and is storming out on the run.
This is all still before I made it back to T2.




Finally I came through! I had met the runner about 15 secs prior to
this photo, and I knew he’d be about impossible to catch.


The fast female that I passed with about 3 miles left on the bike...


... here she is about 1/4 mile from transition.


Me running out! (This isn’t that “nasty” hill,
but a smaller one after the hill out of transition.)


A decent photo of me!!


HERE’S the nasty hill about 200 yards behind me in that last photo. Transition
is behind her body on the right, and the finish is just out-of-frame to the left.


Running out and biking in.


I might make a sign like this for the TC Marathon.


It’s kinda rare that I say this, but I did NOT pee in the lake that day!


There’s the winner on the right ready to head down to the finish!


First place by 70 seconds.


And there’s me in red near the right heading down to the finish.


A good awkward “stopping the watch” shot for 2nd place.


Kids making signs with me and the winner chatting in the background.


Randy! (The timer!)


Flying across the line!


I chatted with this guy near the lake pre-race.


I'm in the background cheering for athletes in many of these finisher photos.


Floating!


I remember noticing her sweet tats pre-race.


I’m walking my bike up the hill in the background.


Is this a TikTok thing? I’m confused.


I remember her walking around post-race. TRYING to walk around, that is. She was in rough shape!


Getting my award from Judi post-race!


Judi and Nicole!


Judi in her boot after the athletes were all in!!

Thanks for a fun race Judi and the Midwest Multisport Races crew! Again, if you missed it, here's my race report, a mention on MN Tri News, and a few final race notes.

Check back for some “Friday Funnies” tomorrow, and then next week is the pre-race week for the TC 10 Mile! Back with more on my final training and predictions for that!!

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