MetaSprint Series Singapore Triathlon - Sprint Course - Triathlon

I felt like I had a good swim and was well up in the field, which has become much stronger on the swim over the last few years as many very strong juniors have moved up and entered the elite wave. (I was 23rd on the aquathlon swim.) But my time was very slow. Course must be very long.

Not sure. i felt I had a very strong swim and did a good job of race execution on this leg.

Okay transition for me. Top 10% for women. No real difficulties. Just did what needed to be done. No problem finding bike or getting to bike out.

Not sure.

This is the highest I have placed overall on the bike in this race. I also gave up less time to the top women on this leg. But think I paid for it on the run! Ran into difficulty when I started having some asthma issues around the beginning of the last leg. I was able to keep it under control by drinking a lot, but it really affected my T2 and run.

I was not in aero nearly as much as I should have been, and was really cautious on some of the technical parts. I've done very little outdoor riding for various reasons this spring, and the course was much more technical than at the original venue. I felt like I didn't ride up to my ability owing to lack of confidence/bike handling skills with all the turns and sharp curves.

Pretty slow as my legs were wobbly and these bike shoes are hard to run in; I also was feeling short of breath and a bit dizzy as I was wheezing for most of the last lap of the bike.

Have my inhaler waiting in T2. I'd left it in bag drop, thinking I wouldn't need it as I wasn't sick. Apparently something on the course triggered it. There were a lot of flowering trees so probably a combo of pollen and hard effort. OMG, what a sucky run. Plus maybe try to learn the flying dismount. My bike shoes just suck for running.

Miserable suck-fest of a run. Breathing felt difficult, especially for the first lap, and legs felt dead. By the second lap, my breathing was better, but legs still dead and started feeling like I was going to puke. Just trying to finish.

Just push it anyway. It would still suck, but I might have been able to get a place or two higher.

Felt nauseous so didn't do a cooldown run. Really wanted to take a cold shower but there weren't any beach showers at this venue. Tried to eat but that made me feel sick again. Went in the ocean for a bit to cool off but the choppy surf started to make me nauseous. Finally just lay under a tree till awards, Then I had to ride 11 miles back to the hotel, which I guess constitutes a "cooldown", although it was probably 100 degrees by then, so not sure what was "cool" about it!


Asthma issues, probably related to allergies. I was sneezing a lot when downtown on Friday, and woke up congested a few times at night at the hotel--maybe mold in the AC. Something was really irritating my lungs. Plus I think the bike course setup put me at a disadvantage--lack of road riding experience/handling skills/confidence, plus it made it difficult to maintain a steady power/effort/speed, which is mainly what I've been focusing on in training, since it's for a longer event. The resulting struggle to hold it together for the rest of the bike leg really hurt my run.


This race, as with all the Metasport races, was well-organized, but the last-minute change to the venue was very inconvenient for me and other overseas athletes. I ended up having to spend almost $60 to get a taxi to the venue that would take my bike, since I couldn't get a refund on the original hotel booking, which was within easy riding distance of the original venue. I had contacted the race organizers twice about transport to/from the race, but received no response. Then I discovered that they had offered to reimburse transport for several of the Jakarta athletes at my hotel who were in the same situation. Really felt that was unfair. I (along with some of my AG rivals) have had a number of issues with these organizers over the years, such as how they decide elite wave seeding, always having women start last on the swim (which has since been rectified), etc. and feel like they have sometimes fallen short in the areas of fairness, responsiveness, and consistency. I understand that the venue change (due to road construction near Changi Airport) was beyond their control, but feel like it could have been better handled. It really seemed to be a matter of luck as to who one contacted.

Also, age group prizes were the same as they have been for the past several years. I do not need another crappy water bottle (which would just be swag for most races--there is NO swag for these races), nor do the AG winners need another pair of sunglasses. Same prizes for almost all races for nearly five years?? Can't they find some different, more generous sponsors?

I would recommend the sprint series for beginners, due to the small waves, crowd support, and strong safety set-up, and for people who live in Singapore and have their own transport; maybe not worth the trip anymore for others, including myself.