Sportspectrum River Cities Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim was miserable! Super hot water caused my HR to spike and made for a difficult swim for me. I started on the right outside about middle of the pack. I made it towards the front before the first bouy but did not feel strong.

Should have swam more over the last six months. I only hit the pool about 4 times since March. Did two OWS of about a mile each since May. Definitely need to swim more.

I took my time in transition, but it really was a long way from the swim exit to the transition area. I purposely took extra time to allow my HR to stop redlining from the swim.

HTFU!

Fumbled a bit while mountiing the bike. Legs were a little wobbly. I was not able to settle into a good cadence until about mile 4. Mile breathing and HR finally came into a steady comfortable rate. I started to hammer pretty good and caught my buddy Rick and spoke with him for a minute before dropping him. I worked my way forward through the field and met with some of the elite racers that were beginning to bunch up. I passed and got passed by the same group of riders for about 6 miles until I noticed after my last pull at about mile 10 that there were 15 or so guys drafting off me. I was pulling a long peleton unintentionally. This really pissed me off and I shifter into a smaller gear on the back and stood up and dropped them. After they were about half a mile back I finally slowed my roll. I was sustaining 25-27 mph on the flats for good periods and climbing the hills like a champ. I noticed that the guys who would pass me on the flats were getting reeled in on the hills. All in all, I had the fastest bike split of my 5 buddies that I came with. This was a good ride for me and I feel that I could have gone harder but wanted to conserve for the run and was running out of water quick due to the heat. I also forgot my gatorade and was running straight water. mistake! Also, my Profile Design Bottle bracket broke before the race and I only had two bottles of water.

Remember Gatorade. Remember Clif shots. Remeber Salt Tabs. Ride more than once per week since Febuary.

Still took my time and tried to relax. I forgot my Shot Blocks again!

HTFU and remember my Shot Block and salt tabs.

Overall a good run course. Water was every mile and had amino water too. No Gatorade though. DOH! Cold wet rags were great. I ran a very solid 6:50 pace for the first mile and then my quads began to cramp up severely. I decided to attempt a walk jog and realised that that my run would be a total scrap. I stopped and stretched, stopped and drank amino water and tried to get the cramps to chill out. Nothing worked so I walked all of mile two. By midway through mile 3, the cramps finally started to let up a little. I was able to run a 8:50 pace the rest of the way in with the cramps coming and going. This happens everytime I forget to take adequate electrolytes. I always seems to blow the hydration part of this equation during my races. Brick training goes so well and then I hammer the bike during the race and screw up the hydration and then it is a crampfest. Yea!

remember Gatorade and Shot Blocks.

wait for my buddies to come in and then drink water and stretch. 5 minutes after I crossed the finish line, the cramps disappeared. I head to get a couple of beers and began feeling alright. Many beers later, I felt great!


Limited training time available due to LIFE, Grad School, Daugters, Wife, Dog, sleep, and many others.. Poor memory and fogetting my electrolyte replacement stuff.


Good venue. Great volunteers. Well organized. Cold beer. Awesome Schwag! Not too far from Dallas. Challenging course. Really Hot!

Overall, had a great time. Will definitely race this one years to come!