The Nation's Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Wow, this was just downright pathetic. I'm not sure why I did so bad. I had done a lot faster mile times in the pool. I think it was a combination of poor breathing, bad technique, lack of a wetsuit, and bad sighting (I was waaaay off course at one point). I need to focus a lot more on swimming and seek the advice of others.

Wear a wetsuit.

Had no suit, which helped a lot I imagine.

18/392 for T1 in division.

Get to this point sooner (i.e. don't suck on the swim). Learn to run and jump on bike. User rubber-band technique.

Felt decent on this ride, pushed as much as I could.

Couldn't stay in aero whole time which hurt me. Ideally, I think I should be up around 24 mph. I can get there.

Be faster.

I thought I performed this fast, but didn't do as well as I thought.

75/392 for T1 in division.

This hurt pretty much the whole way. Not much to learn other than train harder and be in better shape. Was fairly happy with my 7:45 pace, but I think I can get this down to around 7:15 or so.

SWIM - bad form, bad breathing, poor sighting, no wetsuit
BIKE - didn't cycle enough coming into race...aero, aero, aero
RUN - general lack of endurance


Overall, I was pleased. Afterall I finished! For my first year, that was enough. However, I plan to improve in the future and focus a lot more on the swimming and cycling.