TDD triathlon - TriathlonSprint

There were so many people in my wave that I couldn't swim as fast I as wanted at the beginning. In fact, I didn't even know that I had past the first buoy and didn't have enough room to really move up until after the second buoy. The swim was so congested that I was swimming over people and couldn't see anything but chop for the majority of the swim.

For Sprint races I'd start at the front.

The suit still gets stuck on my heels, but this race it went rather well. The length of T1 was because of the need to put a vest on for the bike ride. After the swim it was still incredibly cold.

Not much. But maybe next time I'd leave the vest. It helped but it slowed me down and I wonder how much faster I would have been if I didn't do that.

I took 95% of the hills seated, spinning at a good cadence, and I think that helped. I felt fresher for the run than I did in some other races where I pushed hard on the hills.

Not much during the race, but it seems that I'm a one speed racer right now. I go 18+ mph for a race, no matter the distance or conditions. Nice and consistent, but it would be nice to get faster.

Forgot my race number in transition and had to peel off my vest. The vest threw me off.

Don't race with a vest next time!

Felt good on the run... short strides, good turnover.

Nothing.

Stretching, walking, and drinking lots of water and the rest of my energy drink


Not enough bricks during the season and strangely enough my bike & run are the areas I work the most on and the ones that I'm the slowest on.


Very odd transition area that had the bike and run emptying out onto a gravel path. Too many people in each wave. Overall a good race for beginners. This was my last race of the season and mentally I needed a break after this race, but physically I think I could have done a half marathon or a metric century sometime during the fall.