Tulsa Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Found a good pace and had a good swim. Had a bottle neck at the first buoy but after that was able to find clear water to swim.


Push harder and work on the Bilateral breathing, it was tought to Bilateral due to the waves.

Went pretty well. Had a bit of problem getting one foot clipped in but no big issue.

Bike was not shifting right and was shifting on its own therfore I was fighting the rigth gear the whole race. Also the first time with new shorts - yeah you supposed to try out new gear before race day well - well the shorts were pinching me the whole ride so i could never get real comfortable in the saddle. Also I need a new saddle the one that came with this bike is terrible. Outside of that I was pretty please with bike

New saddle definitley and maybe a different pair of Tri shorts.

Transition went pretty good had Bike Valet so it made transisiton that much easier
Had to didg thru bag to get shoes, race belt and hat out. No set-up permitted for T2.

Felt pretty decent out but fell a part on way in. Started to cramp on 5.5 K, fought these from that point. Had to stop and walk - was overheating. Got light headed, dizzy - not a good situation. Walk the better portion and slowed run way down. Everyone was passing me, but I really did not care.

Better Hydration on Bike. Also start run out slower. Need to get more runs in on hot days to get body adjusted to the heat (I had no runs for a week plus in the heat so I am sure this did not help)
Take Electolytes on Bike.

Cooled down with water on body also drank plenty of gatorade and water. Did some minor stretching.


Heat acclimation.


Need more water stations on bike - only had one on bike course and it was at the bottom of a hill where you were going fast was unable to stop and so I was unable to get water. Should move to a slower part of course so hand off could have been done better. I heard others had same problem.
Need carpet at T1 lots of rocks,very tough on feet going for the swim to the bike.