Tie-Dye Tri - TriathlonSprint

Great swim for me. I had estimated 9 mins and had under that even with the run to the mat. Pace was good, easily passed a few people and didn't get passed.

Nothing.

Got my helmet and shoes on fast, grabbed the bike and ran through transition....when I got to the mount line I realized I was on the wrong side of my bike. Still did a flying mount, just not as steady as from the other side.

Make sure my bike was on the other side.

Not my best bike. I guess being without a bike for several weeks hurt me more than I though. Battling the wind was demotivating. I still took 2 and a half minutes off last years time even with the wind so I will still take the improvement.

I should have ridden in my drops more with the wind. I should have hammered harder when going with the wind.

Forgot garmin and had to reach over bars to grab it. The started running towards last years run exit, they had moved it and I didnt realize. Lucky I only had gone a few steps so didnt cost me a lot of time. This transition could have been more like 30 seconds about.

grab garmin while running through transition, pay more attention to transition.

Started off slow, couldnt find my legs. about a mile in started really dialing in my pace. Felt like I pushed as much as I could and didn't leave anything out on the course. Took over 5 minutes off last years run.

nothing.

water water water and some bananas


Wind on the bike, and overall run fitness.


Everything was good except they only did packet pickup on race morning. They had a few lines by last name A-F, etc. Well only several off the lines had no wait...and the A-F had a huge line. Guess which one I was in. Over 30 mins in line. I felt a little rushed getting transition ready and bathroom break pre race.

Race was hella competitive. 5 of the top 10 overall were in my age group. Still a great race and I had a blast. It was a nice test too see how much I improved on my first year doing multisport.