The Austin Triathlon (Sprint) - TriathlonSprint

Worst swim ever in a tri. I never really felt like I settled in and wasn't moving fast. I went wayyy off course after the turnaround and tried to swim a triangle instead of rectangle. Eventually a boat stopped me and the small group I was following and turned us back, but by then I lost a LOT of time. Last year I swam this in just over 1l mins - almost 4 mins faster!

Wear goggles that won't fog and that have tint. The sun affected my vision dramatically.

Usually I mount the bike with the shoes on the bike and get into them as I get up to speed. Because of the large number of competitors on this course, I decided to run in the shoes. This was a good move, because I wasn't able to run faster than I could in the bike shoes anyway, and I managed to mount the bike and get up to speed very quickly.

Nothing

Had a great ride. Ended up 5th overall despite holding back significantly on the 2nd lap. Only mishap was from being run off the road by a cyclist who cut me off not realizing I was passing at a rapid rate. Had to jump 2-3 inch curbing at 28mph, but managed to hang on and get back on course. Impact knocked my rear wheel off center and caused brake rub and shifting problems for the 2nd half of the race. I managed to open up the calipers and shift to friction on the rear cassette and keep going without too much loss.

Should have gone a bit harder at the end. I think I could have cut another 30-40 seconds off the time without blowing up the run.

Transition was fastest in AG and one of the fastest overall. I was on the end of the rack.

Not much to say here. I just didn't feel well on the run. Legs felt great, but I was battling nausea the whole time. Not sure if it was the illness I fought off the week before the race or the heat, but I couldn't push the pace hard.

Need to do more speedwork leading up to the race.

Mental error on swim was the #1 inhibitor in this race.


Solid big race production.