Big Fish Triathlon & Duathlon - TriathlonSprint

I shouldn't have expected any better due to just not getting as much swim volume as I desired. 3 weeks prior to race a took a spill while running and ended up with an Intercostal Muscle Strain on my left side. Swimming aggravated it so hence not much swimming. I felt like I had no endurance during the swim.

That being said, I was 47 seconds faster than last year and my fastest OWS swim by 28 seconds. So, there is hope!

Again...same story...more swim volume

I haven't tried the whole pedals clipped in start and not sure I will. I was close to the 90th percentile for T1 time so I am pretty happy with that.

Had a bit of trouble getting into my shoes, if I am going to keep doing these races I really should get a pair of tri cycling shoes instead of pure cycling shoes. The clip system on my shoes costs me probably about 10 seconds.

Little disapointed with this leg. I felt tired on the bike and subsequent run. Hills were tougher than I remembered from last year. Also got stuck behind a trailer at one point slowing me down as well.

More time in the saddle.

Big improvement over last year's time of 1:44.

Just be faster.

Again, I felt tired. Started feeling better in last half mile, but was probably just adrenaline and knowing I was in the home stretch.

Lots of fluids, banana & pizza with some stretching.


I think the workout on Friday (low level sprinkled in with high intensity and the couple of long walks on Saturday were detrimental.


More consistent training in the weeks leading up to the race and a better race week strategy should have resulted in a better overall time. I had fun but was dissapointed with the end outcome.