Azalea Festival Sprint Tri - TriathlonSprint

Much better than last year. This time it was almost completely crawl. I only did side stroke to get a look at people ahead and behind.
Started doing flip turns, but they were uncomfortable with people close behind or in front so switched to open turns
Time improved 23 secs (5%) from last year. given the short time, pretty decent...

Just need to swim more and get faster. I'm pretty satisfied with the rest.

Improve over 1 minute from last year. Funny how not having all my stuff soaking wet helps... BUT, hybrid bike doesn't hang on rack well. It came off as I came up to the rack. I have a kickstand so recovered, but...

Need to practice transitions more. I always feel a little disoriented when I'm trying to rush to get into gear. Need to figure out something different for bike.

I didn't drink enough and was thirsty when I hit T2. Still - drank more than prior races. Hybrid bike was limiting performance with the wind. I concentrated on keeping cadence at 90 and let the speed go where it had to. I did try to keep the speed up. Only dropped down REALLY slow once on the worst hill got behind a car and other bikes, couldn't maintain momentum.
Very disappointed in time. This is actually 8 sec. SLOWER than last year. I guess the wind got me.

Need to get more time in the saddle. Consider saddle adjustments.

Again, transition didn't feel right. trouble getting socks on. BUT after last year - socks WERE going on.
This transition was 35 sec FASTER than last year. Should have been more, but I took a wrong turn coming into transition area and had to back track a few feet.

practice, practice, practice

My calves were tight coming out of transition. I ran for about 5 minutes then did a fast one minute walk. Repeated 2-3 times. Then just walked through water stations. last mile started to pick up the pace. Then really sped up last quarter and sprinted the ending chute
This was 41 sec. FASTER than last year. I'm actually disappointed. With all the running I've been doing I expected more improvement.

Should have paced it better. I think I could have run faster. I should have picked up the pace sooner and pushed through those walks...

walked around. Drank a Chai (my favorite recovery drink). at some oreos and jelly beans. drank lots of water


not enough swim and bike time. Poor run pacing...


The post race activities were pretty minimal.
One item of note: I dropped the SDM portion of my Timex at some point on the bike. I thought it was gone. at the end of the race, I walked up to the RD with faint hope. SOMEONE had turned it in!!! Thanks who ever you are.

I'll update the specific times as soon as they are posted.