HSBC Welland - TriathlonMini Sprint

The huge catch on the time is that it included a 700m run to the transition area. Taking off an estimated 3:30 my actual swim time was approx 7:41 for a sub 2min per 100m pace. Good ranking overall where I should be with my swim ability.

Get a steadier pace. Focused quite a bit on navigation so I need to be confident in going straight.

New wetsuit was brutal getting off. Totally underestimated the tapering at the ankles. Much tighter in that area than the Nineteen suits I previously rented.

take more care removing suit.

It started pouring rain at the start of the bike and continued for the entire ride. I had a poor first 5km. Took awhile to get a steady pace going. Avg 28km/h first 5km and 32km last 5km.

Condition myself to get up to speed faster and more comfortably. Learn the course- With no bikes in sight I came to almost a complete stop at an intersection as a cop was pointing one way that looked odd. Turns out he was stopping a car so I could go straight through.

decent transition though I had heartburn adn did not know where my tums were so went without.

I bring the tums...so put them on my mat.

pretty good time for me overall. Heartburn was bothersome but I powered through. 6:48 to the turnaround and 5:41 back. So once again I am slow getting up to race pace in a discipline. Legs felt quite stiff off bike.

Flexibility is affecting running. Need to do so regular yoga.

Water. Did some stretching and cleaned transition. For some reason I grabbed some pizza took one bite and threw out. Wasteful I know. Did some stretching and cleaned transition.


flexibility and heartburn.


Well organized. The HSBC series does not make tritri athletes feel like second class citizens. Though I will do longer races I still like the short ones.