Intraining Icebreaker Pool Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Started too fast. Bonked last 100.

Longer warm-up. Continue to build stamina. First 100M was sub 2' hold that pace!

Fast walk because HR was up high from swim.

Run through transition. Practice getting in and out of bike shoes faster. Jump on bike immediately outside of T1. Pace swim so I can run instead of walk through T1.

Transitions a big improvement over last race.

Pushed a little on the bike. AHR 158 (low z4). Wanted to hold back for the run but couldn't on the new wheels. Leg angles are different and I felt it. Cadence is there but power needs work. Fun coming down the backside. Overall ~ 2.7mph better than practice run on the old ride last week.

Get the bike computer hooked up. Go faster. ;)

Start getting out of shoes while on bike.

Legs were hammered. Walked a lot of the hill. Was surprised to come in under 9'. I must have come really hard on the backside. Stamina was fine.

Go faster!

Light stretching.


Lack of sleep. Lack of hill training. Swim pacing. Felt the calve raise sets from Wed. big time 'running' the hill. On C race weeks do weights early in the week.

Inability to keep AHR at a higher level for a longer period over bike and run. Low Z4 for bike. Mid Z3 for run (how much due to walking hill?).


Stamina was good. Power in the legs not so much on the hills for both bike and run. This will come later as most of training has been on the flats. My goals were aggressive. A practice run on the bike followed by a nice 7-10 min break before a run is not the same as a transition in a race.

I did much better than my last race and that is the most important. I was EOP (22/23 in AG) for my first race. MOP for this one (12/21). So things are looking good. Be great to see how year continues to progress.

Might pick up the other piece of equipment for my bodylink so I can analyze HR over the course of an entire race/workout instead of just lap averages.

Great finishes by the other BT'rs. drewwhite and runningfoo both finished 1st in their respective AGs and 13th and 14th overall (this was Drew's first race)! Another friend and BTer also finished first in his AG and UtTriMan finished 4th in his, just a few seconds out of placing. (UtTriMan was my 'nemesis' for this one and he got me by 18 seconds). Brappleye had a great first race as well.

Beautiful day. Nicely set up. Plenty of volunteers. Good direction and traffic management. Road was rough - some nasty potholes.

TriUtah does a nice job. Look forward to the next one.