Fairfield Triathlon - Triathlon

Pool swim, initially believed people were starting based on swim seeds before realizing that it was first come first served. Slipped into the water and overtook someone on the 3rd length, then again on the 7th and again on the 11th. Didn't get held up at any point.

Not much would have helped things here other than more swim training run.

Not too bad, bike was racked furthest from 'swim in' therefore this reduced the distance to run in cycling shoes.

Shoes already on bike for flying mount.

Pushing hard all the way, cornering was treacherous due to standing water and loose stones / gravel at the u-turn point. No cadence or heart rate from Garmin for some reason.

Passed everyone i saw, was not over taken by any rider. Almost had an incident when shouting the obligatory on your left when two riders were riding on the left. Had to pass on the right, had no choice.

Decided upon a flying dismount around 1 mile from T2. Opened shoes around 500m from transition, slipped right foot out but had a problem trying to get foot on the empty shoe, eventually it worked. Left foot was not an issue. Stepped off bike and ran into T2.

Nothing.

Racked bike with front wheel on top of running shoes, slowed me down getting shoes on.

Take care when racking bike

Exited T2 right behind a young girl who had a great pace, kept her around 50m ahead all the way and pulled it back to 25m around 1/2 mile to go. Pushed hard, made sure to breath properly and control my pace.

Try and push harder if possible.

Stretch out, drink 3 bottles of water and eat a donut.


Nervousness when cornering on the bike due to the standing water and loose gravel at the U-Turn.


Good race, weather put a lot of people off, some left due to start delay. Race Director stuck out the weather and took the first opportunity to start the event.

Swim should have been organized by seed time rather than a free for all.

After event party was good, great hand made awards for podium finishers plus some excellent door prizes.