Take Flight Super Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonMini Sprint

Fairly uneventful average swim for me. Caught up with person in front of me towards the end but did not pass. I loved the wide lanes in this pool. Was a LOT less chaotic than the last pool swim tri I did.

Warm up in water if possible. More speed drills.

First time with cleats and clipless pedals. Got on helmet and into shoes fairly quickly. No socks. Ran with cleats to mount line. Bike rack was in an awkward location where I had to run over pavement, then a curb and grassy area with bike racks, and back down a curb to pavement. Got clipped in fairly quickly at the mount line. Not perfectly smooth, but good for first time. I didn't fall!

Practice clipping in quickly.

Took off super fast. Made a mistake changing gears improperly on a tough hill which slowed me down horribly. Also got a little confused with people at intersections (including volunteers) who looked like they were marking a turn, but they weren't! On two occasions I slowed down because of being unsure about a turn.

I've only had this road bike for 2 weeks. Not enough time to get confident with the gear shifting and used to the clipless pedals. Just need more training with clipless pedals and gears. Bike harder.

Ran back over the awkward area to bike rack. Was able to get out of cleats without unstrapping. I had put them on a little loose for this purpose. Put on run shoes, grabbed run belt and took off.

Nothing really went wrong; just need to get faster.

Started out a bit slow and out of breath but found a pace and kept with it the whole way.

Run harder.

Walked it off.


Not having enough time with my new road bike and pedals prior to the race.


Can't wait to do it again!