Intraining Icebreaker Pool Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Was a great swim for me -- Stayed pretty relaxed. They started us on 10 second intervals, and we were seeded by predicted swim time. I basically met my predicted pace of 6:30 - by the time you take out the 5 or 10 seconds it took to get out of the pool and across the timing loop.

Passed one swimmer in the pool, who started 20 seconds in front of me, based on her number -- That was exciting. No one caught me which was even MORE exciting.


I'm still struggling with my breathing and staying relaxed in the water. I was able to bilateral well for about the first 150 meters. After that, it was pretty much breathing every stroke. I've definately learned that when I bilateral my form is better

Continue to work on breathing properly

Was a fairly good distance from the pool to the transition zone. had to go across a parking lot.

Struggled a little bit with gloves and socks. In my tri-suit so there was no need to change or add any clothing which helped

Learn to mount bike with shoes in cleats already. Take less time putting on bike gloves.

Very pleased with the bike portion. This is where I probably made up the most time. Anticipated about 42 minutes for the bike and ended up with 37:26. This is partially impacted by the fact that the bike was about .5 miles shorter than advertised.

Handled the hills well, better on the first loop than the second but generally well. Minor problem with Sensor for my bike speedometer, on of the screws holding it to my spoke came loose, so when going slowly it didn't record. Recorded ok (I think) on the faster speeds, but as a result of this issue I don't trust my time from that, but had Garmin on
and running and it gave me good pace feedback

Left calf started to cramp a bit about 9 miles and bugged me off and on the remainder of the bike and through T2. Not bad, but enough to make me concerned with making it through the run.

Remember to check ALL equipment thouroughly before a race. While this issue with the speedometer was very minor, it did have impact. Plus had this been something more complicated, it could have caused serious issues.

Also, I need to learn to be more agressive on turns and corners. I don't trust my skills in this area very well, so I tend to slow WAY down on corners and turns.

Easy transition. Slip on the running shoes and hat, drop the helmet and gloves. Racking was not a problem.

Get Yankz! They could save me a few seconds here.

VERY pleased with the run, although it is where I lost hardware for the race. Goal was to keep pace under 9:00/mile on the hills and did that going NO worse than 8:45. Felt really good at the end, and went into an all out, full bore sprint for the last hundred yards or so with my wife and BT buddies cheering me on! Was a FABULOUS Finish

Not a lot. Maybe push just a bit harder on the hill climb and stretch it out on the downhills.

Walked it off and puked once. (Guess that last sprint did me in). Wasn't bad though. Felt fine in a couple minutes


Swimming form, lack of time on the bike before the race.


Was a great race. Was great to run with the fellow BT'ers! Made the event that much more fun!

I was extremely pleased with my performance. I guess all the training I've done over the winter has paid off. Now I know where I can do better.

Even more exciting, I beat my goal time of 1:25 by nearly 11 minutes

I'll definately do this race again