Desert Sharks' Shark Attack Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Volunteered to start first which I am glad I did. Swam at a good pace but nothing to hard for the distance. I would say about the pace I do for a 1K TT. Had an issue with my left google getting water in it at the start which hindered my vision. Did flip turns the first two walls but with my vision off decided to just touch and turn under the lane lines to avoid a mistake.

Probably get in a short swim to make sure the googles were sealed properly.

Usually have my shoes clipped in but decided to put them on in transition since it was on grass and a short distance to the bike start. Plus the road had some rough spots and I did not want to take a chance on hitting a pot hole while trying to slip my feet into the shoes.

Nothing.

Started the bike at good pace but nothing hard for the first mile then started to get into it. At the first turn had to back off as a truck made a turn in front of me and the police were not expecting anyone yet. About half a mile into the ride a policeman on a motorcycle came up besides me and told me that he would be escorting the lead bike around. So at each intersection he make sure that the officer there knew we were coming and had traffic stopped. The course had some rough spots and some turns that you had to slow down on to make them. One tight downhill S turn that I nearly took to fast and went off the road on. Had to lock up the brakes and started to slide but made it. The way back is fast with speeds up to 37 mph. I went about 3 minutes faster on the way back than the way out.

Nothing really. Felt great the whole time and could have pushed it a little harder maybe.

Got feet on top of shoes before dismount line. Had to a little difficulty getting on my right shoe. Grabbed my run cap and belt and off. But other than that uneventful.

Put some TriSlide in the shoes which has worked great in the past.

Had another escort on a mountain bike which helped warn the people on the path. Went out easyish and tried to use the downhill to get my legs into running mode. Once off the bridge and onto the path just tried to run in control but not push to hard. In retrospect should have worked it harder.

Push the run harder than I did. I will start using my Garmin to pace. I think if I had seen that I was running 7 minute pace I would have gone faster.

Got some water and went for a 2 mile run along the course cheering on the other racers.


My age? This was a good effort overall and as the season goes on will improve as my bigger races get closer.


Race was well organized and it was great to see some friends that I have not seen for awhile. Had a great time. First time I have won the overall in a race in a few years.