Escape the Cape Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Lack of swim training really hampered performance. Swim felt longer than 1/3 of a mile.

should have warmed up going the direction of the race. not expecting current to be as strong. Between poor navigation, no swim training, and stronger than expected current. had real difficulties swimming.

ok transition. Cold water affected my ability to concentrate. Slow jog from swim exit to my rack spot.

Tried initially to get suit off standing up. When I almost fell over for the third time. Stopped and let some time go by. Sat down on ground and took the rest of the suit off.
Put on shoes, waited until putting on helmet to take off swimcap and gogles. Should have taken those off after i unzipped my wetsuit.

helmet on,glasses on, and out of t1.

not much. sit down right away to take off wetsuit. take goggles/swim cap off right after the suit is unzipped.

had some problems at the start probably lost about 2-3 minutes. had problems clipping in to pedals out of t1. about 300 yards later, thought my chain popped off. stopped pedaling and coasted to a stop, unclipped only to find out my chain was still on.

pedal next time to make sure the chain is off and not just changing gears.

i could have pushed a little harder, got passed a bit, but passed a lot as well.

drink more water. swallowed a lot of salt water on the swim, lots of water and gu drink left over after the race.

much better t2 transition. very tough corner coming into t1, had to slow way down, so had no problems there. ran through and racked bike, new bike racks helped out a lot. just put rear tire in place and there you go.

had race number on already from the bike so just a shoe swap and a hat and off i went.

had a bit of an issue getting my bike shoes off, but not much. practice more and this may get faster.

pretty good. tough first hill. wasn't quite prepared. run course wasn't quite laid out to which side we should be on. did better on the second hill.

could have gone a bit faster, had some hypdration issues. shouldn't have mixed the gu with my water. didn't quite care for the taste, that could be for longer runs. just water would have been better.

same as on the bike. i got passed by some runners, passed some runners.

finished strong. really kicked it up at the finish.

not much. kept good pacing, new shoes are very light. loved running in them. no blisters.

not much. wanted to go for a quick post-race swim to cool down. water was way to cold for that.

stretched a bit, walked around. drank water, and ate some food.


lack of training for one. need to swim, bike more. running was good, but need to do bricks to get used to running off the bike. also biking after swiming, which will be tougher to do.


first time i've seen a lot of the post-race festivities. mainly due to the extra giveaways. post race food was salad, and either a pasta w/ meat sauce, or two slices of cheese pizza.

good course mostly flat. good volunteers, good crowd. will probably do again next year.