Summerland Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

This swim was short. I normally do ~13 min for 750. Although I think I would have done better than that today.

Nuttun

There were no transition times. Not that it would have made a difference for me. (see overall comments)

Had a little difficulty getting one of my shoes on, maybe make sure shoe is more open.

I knew I wasn't properly trained for sprint cycling. The first half a lap my legs were begging me to stop. The rest of the race they just begged me to ease up. I held my own till about 3/4 way through the race when a pack of about 6 guys blew by me. They were obviously drafting and two of them received penalties.

Put in more high end training.

Again, I have difficulty getting one of my running shoes on. Cost me a few seconds.

Be better prepared.

I have been dealing with sciatica problems in my right leg so I knew this was not going to be a fast run. It took about a 1/2 k for the legs to feel ok but I could not stride out. Had to keep it to about a 3/4 stride. I still managed to pass about 4 on the run though.

If I had the magic solution I would solve the sciatica issue.

None.


Sciatica issues and lack of high end training.


I suppose this would be a good time to mention that as a well seasoned triathlete I made the most stupid mistake and forgot to put my timing chip on. Didn't realize it till I was 1/4 way through the run. Luckily they do a visual time check at the end as well so I did get my overall time but no splits except for what was on my own watch. Although I'm not happy with the 4th place AG placement it's probably a good thing as it would have been awkward to dispute a podium position without actual timing.