Crystal Palace Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Poor performance.

Start of the bike was on an indoor running track with a sharp 90degree turn onto the main course, which crossed the runners path.

get my mount sorted so I can run in bare feet

Poor bike, pace up the hill wasn't great and could have attached the chicane much harder. The course was very busy with a lot of inexperienced riders, which meant that I couldn't pick off people I was racing against and had to take some biuzzarre lines in the chicane to avoid mountain bikes.

Pick a race with a longer lap. Mental preparation needs to be better, I wasn't attacking hard enough and I didn't work down the hills

Nearly turned into the run finish instead of the bike finish, so lost some time there. The bike in was on the same indoor track as the bike out, after a sharp turn, so the dismount was easy as I wasn't carrying much speed into the line

Given there was a hill in the course the MHR says it all - simply not working hard enough.

My race time is listed at 22 something, don't know wherte they got that from as I started my watch about 15s before I got to the timing point (unless that's including my transition)

Work properly

Mental preparation - I was training through the race, so no taper but that doesn't excuse the lamentable mental preparation on race day and the lack of work on the hills. MHR of 181 on a run course with 2 significant hills and a track finish simply says not working hard enough. (average heart rate for a marathon is higher than that)


Marshalls were very encouraging and helpful, but the entry & exit to transition is so convoluted, and the bike lap is so short, for 400 competitors it's verging on chaos.