Pirate Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I had fun on this swim, it was really good to get the first race swim under my belt. I am writing this after having done a few more tris, so looking back I am happy with how I did considering my training and experience.

Train more for the swim.

Yeah, my first transition and I couldn't get the wetsuit off of my heels. I learned why folks put body glide on their ankles. I poked around too much for sure.

EVERYTHING.

This should have been so much faster for me, I was really disappointed with my time. I had a few problems here. I was a spaz. Complete spaz. I screwed up shifting twice and lost my chain both times. Totally my fault, I don't know what the heck I was doing. Then I found out at the end of the race that one side of my front brake was stuck ON. Yeah, I know, stupid. The tire wouldn't move freely. I am such a moron for not noticing, so that would have improved my time tremendously I think.

Ha, everything. If I have to pick one it would be to make sure my brake was not stuck on.

Hey, I did this right! I knew I was in the back of the pack, and I was frustrated with that. I haven't had one quite so fast since.

This was good.

The course was good, although I was concentrating on my breathing to get through the brick. Again, under trained.

I think I ran this smart, I think if I trained more I could have been about a minute/mile faster.

Nothing


Lack of training. Brake on bike.


This is a great race, great fun and atmosphere. This was my first tri, and this race made gave me the tri bug. Very well organized and supported, with great crowd support as well. Very good traffic control on Rt 302. If this race is run again, I will do it.