Giant Acorn Sprint - TriathlonSprint

Was closer up at the start, got a taste of the scrum. Handled it OK, did some drafting. The walk over the sand bar was annoying. Sun made sighting difficult on the return. Personal best by 45 seconds (amazing how that wetsuit lifts your legs up).

Get some darker goggles (amber not enough), keep practicing sighting.

Ran right to my TA, a little trouble getting the suit of (balancing while standing on neoprene). Felt good otherwise. 8th/36 in AG., 54th overall.

Nothing.

Running into and out of T1 pushed up my HR to 193 (yikes!) Decided to ease up and hydrate, started hammering within a minute after HR dropped to 185. (Avg. HR was 179). (Avg. cadence 93, max was 110). Pushed hard since it was such a short course. Felt good overall, felt a lot better after a few gulps from the bottle. Did a good job pacing between hammering and easing up for a drink.

Nothing.

Did well with a good racking. Made the mistake of jamming left foot into shoe (rather than using fingers to "horn" it in), heel caught and had to stop and fix. 16th/35 in AG, 160 overall.

Focus on balance while getting shoes on: don't try to jam in the foot.

Did not like the trail running: had to focus on not twisting an ankle. Wasn't until I got to the gravel that I was able to get into a faster pace. Run was tough after the swim and hammering on the bike. Hard to concentrate. Gave it all: legs were noodles at the finish (guess I gave it all :-)

Not sure: it was not an easy course.

Brunswick stew (YUM!), Gatorade, banana.


Setup does a great job, given this is not an easy venue to have a race. I can live with the trail run -- it's better than last year when they had crowded both the bike and run on the same road. Sand bar was a bummer, but it was still a beautiful day.