Belle River Triathlon & Duathlon - TriathlonSprint

There was not as much outright swimming as I would have hoped, but I did alright. Bilateral breathing really helped, and sighting was not as difficult as I had thought.

Include skipping and burpees into my strength training for these shallow water courses. The up and down of dolphin diving was taxing.

T1 and T2 times are part of the bike leg.

At my first tri I was slow and did not know what to do; I came to a complete stop at the mount/dismount line. NOT this time. I hit the line running, hopped on and got going. I have traditional toe clips but I got into them easily

Not much. I was pretty happy with this as a whole. There is little more I can do until I am working with clipless pedals. Sitting down helped when getting the wetsuit off the feet and putting on the socks and shoes. (yankz ROCK!)

I was not worried about getting passed, but I did pick up my pace a little as a result of the faster riders. There was I guy in baggy shorts riding a mountain bike that came out of T1 behind me. We traded places a few times up to the turn around. I hit a REALLY hard headwind on the way back in. I figure he was a good Km ahead of me as we wne t into T2. I might need a good saddle. My "butt", but not really my butt, hurt by the end.

Nothing much (with this bike). I know from this that I need more volume in my bike training, and need to do more than just riding for distance and constant cadence (research some drills).

I smoked T2. It kind of helps that I already had my runnign shoes on. I have been making a point of ending all my rides with flying dismounts followed by runs.

Nothing. Hell, I PASSED people in T2!!!!!!

I wanted to push myself harder, at the end, but I think the wind on the bike took that out of me. I would have liked to have finished under 30 minutes, but the official goal was to do it under 31 minutes.

other than training more, I really don't know.

Walking, water, banana, massage.


at this point, conditioning was the main limitation. I think I need to to train a lot more on the bike, and do more speed work in running (as I continue to increase my mileage)


This was the first year a tri was done at this event. It is usually just a duathlon. That being said, I liked it. The distance between getting out of the water and the bikes was a bit long, but I liked the location.