Blackland Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Went out fast for the first 100m and then slowed down to an easy pace. Was my first pool swim and it went better than I had expected. Passed a few people and was not passed.

Not slow down as much as I did. It was a sprint race and maybe I should have been sprinting more and pacing less.

long run to transition, with the exception of not being able to do up my chip strap and losing time there it went well

Coming out of transition I had to stop so as not to run into some of the spectators who decided to cross in front of me. Actually it was a family with a bunch of small kids who decided at the last minute to run in front of me and stop ... then maybe move, and then stop again. Was kind of annoying, but hey at least the kids were having fun.

Once out on to the course, kept a steady pace while checking the HR to make sure that things stayed in check.

In retrospect I might have kept the HR in check a bit more the necessary. The same comment applies here as for the swim: less pacing, more sprinting.

in and then out, no problems

The run was good, had lots of legs left just not a great fan of running on grass like that. Running on pavement and/or trails: yes, grass: no so much.

It was starting to get fairly hot during the run, so I took water when I could and found shade when I could and felt sorry for the people who started much later than I did as they were going to have a very hot run.

There is a saying, which to paraphrase goes something like you have the run to make up for the unlikely event that you went to easy on the bike. It turns out that it is not all that applicable to sprints.

Very good race. Lots of smiles, fun, and it was well organized. Two complaints though, the finish was nice but really hot and almost no shade. I also could have done without the run on the grass.