Sharon's Back Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I knew that the swim would be my hardest segment. This is the longest that I have swum in a race and it didn't help that I didn't get any time in the pool for the two weeks prior to this race. My goal was to survive and beat 27:00.

Spend more time in the pool. Before I tired, my form and sighting was good.

T1 continues to be a thorn in my side... My calves cramped after I arrived at my bike and I had to spend a minute stretching them out before I could attempt to get my wetsuit off. It is still tight getting it over my ankles. I may look to cutting the legs shorter...

Try to hydrate more, pre-race to ward off cramps.

The course was pretty flat and I cruised pretty well. Based on earlier cramping, I couldn't hammer it as much as I wanted to, but I was pretty happy with the time.

Drive the course before the race - I knew where I was in general, but it's hard to know when to push when riding a virgin course.

I am really happy with this time. I ran in, parked the bike, put on my shoes and ran out.

Not much.

Gas continues to plague my run, though not as bad as my last race. I switched drinks on the bike to G2 Berry and it definitely went down better. However, I did have to stop a number of time to relieve the pressure. Next year, I'll continue to work on the nutrition aspect of my race day prep and hope to find a combo that works.

I continued to cramp on the run. I'll try more fluids next time.

As usual, the Max team put on a great race. I am planning on building my 2011 race calendar around their races next year.