Oktoberfest Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim felt really good. Started out in the second row, closer to the left. Waited a few seconds after the buzzer sounded so that I could get a full "dive" into the water. After the third bouy, my goggles were so fogged that I couldn't see the finish. Had to tread water for a bit while I washed out my goggles.

Spit in my goggles before the race so that they don't fog.

Couldn't find my tri shorts, didn't want to wear my bike shorts in the swim, and I figured with just a 12 mile bike it wasn't worth the added time to put on and take off the bike shorts. Ended up just biking in my jammers which I think saved some time, both in T1 and T2.

Need to practice this. As much as I like the DeSoto, I have not had a race since I started wearing it that I was able to get out of it quickly.

Unsure about reality of pace and distance. Never come close to biking this fast before, so if the distance was correct, I'm thrilled. Either way, I felt pretty comfortable with overall ride.

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Couldn't find my stuff for what seemed like a minute but was probably only 15-20 seconds...I was in the wrong row of bikes.

Bring a more distinguishable towel. Search the correct row.

Happy with run time, not particularly happy with performance. Hard to explain. Didn't feel as though I was pushing it and wishing now that I had gone aa little harder, especially on the return. Was able to give a decent sprint for the last 200 yards which was good..

Throw caution to the wind and try and run faster earlier. This is called a spint for a reason.

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Still learning.


End of season two...I think. Real happy with time, as I had hoped to go under 1:20:00 (last year's sprint of the same distances was a 1:25+) This off seson will hopefully bring a strong push of consistency on the bike and more mileage running.