Memphis in May - Triathlon

Sighting proved to be the most challenging. Not really any problems, just wasn't really used to it. Was able to set a nice pace and just maintain it throughout the entire course. Only once had a whitecap crash on me causing a little gagging. Overall, was a nice course and loved the time trial start.

Work on perfecting my sighting. To much wasted effort. Continue to focus on good stroke technique.

Short socks worked out nicely. Seemed to go pretty smooth.

Trisuit. Would eliminate and step and speed me up a bit. Might work on putting feet in shoes while pedaling.

One gel at beginning and one towards end worked out pretty good. Drank 2 bottles of gatorade which also went ok. Pushed a bit harder than usual to try and make up for my slower run. Towards end, slt backache. Did ride without headband and gloves w/o any problems.

Maybe not push quite so hard, especially into the headwinds. Nutrition and fluids was just right. O/W pretty satisfied.

Transition went pretty smooth. Used YANKZ and they performed beautifully! Certainly sped up the transition. Don't really tighen down enough to give good motion control.

Consider water bottle belt.

Ran through transition too fast and got myself out of breath. Ran first two miles too fast. Didn't feel like I was getting enough water. Drinking from cups on the run is too difficult. Didn't feel too bad until halfway. Then started to feel some discomfort. Last mile was extremely challenging.

Now that I have a good endurance base, I would begin to work in some speed work to bring my mile/min avg down. Also, do my bricks as race pace, maybe every other week. Basically, just need to keep working the run hard. That is where I lost all the ground I gained on the field in the first two segments. :(

Stretching and lots of fluids.


Running conditioning.


First race I have ever done. However, I would highly recommend it. Had a wonderful time. Pictures to come.