Cascade Lake Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Start was good; Thought i was swimming at a comfortable pace until i hit about 200M, when i struggled to catch my breath a bit. Swallowed a good bit of water at first, but rotated my head more to do better. The back half of the second leg i found my stroke some and was at a better cadence to the bouy, rounded the bouy and felt like i had a relatively stronger finish.

Felt better about the bumping and contact. Still need to be better conditioned, and more open water practice.

Chain had slipped in between the 2 rings and had to dis-mount, reset, and re-mount. My fault as i did not double check the set-up before the race.

Practice the transition! Try some PAM on my calves with body glide. Make sure you have a better sequence of events mapped out

Starting in the last wave was a good thing as i was able to pass alot of slowed people in the earlier waves.

Did not train enough for the hilly roads.

Thought i was a touch faster than that. poor layout (again) preventet me from posting a better time.

need to practice this as well. No reason i should not be aable to T2 in about 1 min.

Started out a touch slow as my legs were spent from the long burn from the uphill bike segments. Good news was that i did not cramp up upon setting out onto the run.

Need to train more, as i was a little "soft" in my prep for thios race.

None. After that last uphill sprint to the finish, i was happy just to be still standing.


Insufficient preperation


Glad this was not my first Triathlon, as i probably would quit the sport !