Skipton Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Started far far too fast, overtook 3 people in first 40m, then knackered my breathing, had to resort to slow breatstroke for 50m. Then settled down and the remainder of the swim was at about target speed. Lost count of lengths in confusion at the begining and accidentally swam 450m :(

Start below target speed and then speed up towards the the end, much less risk of probelsm that way. Practice swim more in trisuit as breathing pattern is different (easy exhale, harder inhale).

T1 went very well considering it's the first I've ever done. Could have ran a little faster to and from the bike rack, but overall pleased with this performance.

Run harder to and from the bike. Practice jumping start and leaving shoes in pedals.

Very happy with averrage speed of ~30kph, a personal best for this course. Didn't take any fluid on board - silly. This time includes approx 200m run, across a public road, and down through the park to the transition area - so actual bike time was probably a minute or so less.

Nutrion did not agree with me, will swap for another brand.Could have pushed harder on the up-hills on the way through East Marton and up to West Marton, kept too much back in reserve.

Very pleased with this transition, did eveythign I needed to do.

Throw-away hydration so i could be drinking on the first lap.

Started well, not too much trouble with cirulation after the cycle. Day was warming up nicely so it was a very pleasant run.

Could have pushed harder on the second lap, I had plenty of energy to spare. Could have ditched my cycle jersey as it was a lot warmer by this point.

5-10 mins streching and a 20 min gentle walk around the park.


Being over conservative with my energy during the cycle and the second half of the run. Bad start in the pool and misscounting cost several minutes.


Overall very pleased with this, my first every Triathlon and first ever althetic event/race of any sort since secondary school sports lessons.