Australia Day Tri - TriathlonSprint

Today's water conditions were perfect!! What a change to yesterdays weather. I had a fantastic swim. time wise it probably wasn't the fastest but I felt great in the crystal clear flat ocean!! It was a deep water start out by a buoy I was with my friends for the start, I sat behind two girls who are generally faster then me. I got a good start and swam on their toes and had a good draft for the first 200m then realised I was just cruising along so kicked it up a notch and passed the girls and swam the second half in on my own. Good swim all up

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My transition was really slow. I've really got to work on my transitions, I just kinda dawdled didn't do anything wrong it was just all slow.

Get myself organised!

I checked my time coming out of the water and then again jumping on the bike and realised my heart rate monitor wasn't working. (first time I've worn it in a race) It was at this time I realised that I hadn't set my bike computer. turned it on about .5k into the ride.
There was a really strong headwind on the first lap heading out. I decided to just out fairly easy (not easy but not push it into the wind) and then push it really really hard iwth the wind behind. so was riding about 28k out and then got up to 45k on the way back.
I managed to keep those speeds on the following laps. so overall I'm happy with the ride. there were alot of people on the course there was alot of drafting and blocking, which was frustrating. One guy was driving me nuts. I'd pass him so he'd speed up and pass me and sit out to the right so I couldn't pass him again. but it was good it gave me incentive to ride faster I sped up and flew passed him.

Drink more on the bike.

I was pretty fast getting my bike shoes off and runners on. but then I stood up and got disoriented as to which exit I needed to go out of out of Transition. I really must have stood there for at least 30secs.

Not stand like an idiot wondering where I was sposed to run. I wasn't thinking all that clearly. Possibly should have listened a little better in the briefing hehe!

My heart rate monitor wasn't registering on the bike. I got it back working on the start of the run, but it was really bothering me and the strap gave me a stitch so I ended up taking it off and running with it in my hand.
My run time was really average I would say don't know what it is yet. But I was just really happy to finish the run as I've not been feeling great all week. there was only one drink station at the start of the run so at the halfway point it was quite warm by that stage I really could have used another drink.

The end of the run we had to run along the beach for 600m and then up over a sand dune back to the grassed area for the finish chute. Running up that sand dune was definately a challenge and would have been funny for spectators not so much fun or the competitors!

More run training. Figure out how to get the HRM strap not to give me a stitch yet still stay in the right spot.

Chatted to everyone (its funny this time last year I didn't know anyone apart from my dad at tri's in a year I've made soo many new friends!) Watched the rest of my friends finish. Stretched while the presentations were on.


Lack of running training, feeling sick all week definately didn't help. the one good thing is that I didn't have any pain at all in my quad!! So there is hope I may be able to do the olympic distance tri soon.
It was quite a warm day I really should have drunk more on my bike.


It was a great race being Aussie Day! Had a bbq afterwards, bacon and eggs on the bbq with a beer. (not normally a beer drinker but you gotta do it on Aussie day!)

I don't know the splits as they weren't taken and my hrm stopped working properly. I do konw the swim time and I came out of the water 2nd in my age group which I'm happy with!! My run time was slow!