Tomatoman Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim time includes run up to transition.
Horrific swim. Very choppy. Had to float on my back before even reaching the 1st buoy. Can't breathe. Took in water and was coughing.
Lesson learnt - 1 decent swim @ Woodstock doesn't make me a decent swimmer. Another humbling experience.

Fought with wetsuit as usual as it stuck to my wrists and heels. Came in same time as Helen R, but she's off like a bullet while I fought with my wetsuit.

Wish I knew, but I'm getting used to it now.

Bike time includes transition. 30.3kph according to Garmin.
Went straight through one intersection instead of turning right as race crew did not give proper directions. Had to make a u-turn and lost a lot of momentum. Very windy. Cross winds blowing me all over, not able to hold aero position. Was scared to even take hands off handlebar to drink.
1st AG on the bike by just under a min.

Was able to take Garmin off bike, clip it to wrist strap, change mode from bike to run, and loop strap around wrist - felt quite co-ordinated to be able to do all that w/o losing stride / time.

5.33km instead of 5k, 8:25min/mi based on Garmin

Nothing, HR would suggest I ran at the right intensity. This is a decent run for me. But the course is definitely longer than 5km.

Overall rank includes men.
3rd AG, but not a good race overall. Horrific swim, went off course on bike, run was ok. First place is 2' faster, clearly I lost it all on the swim!
Got to meet BT'er Stef Wood and Helen Robertson for the first time.

PS - after a night's sleep, felt a lot better about the race. Sure I lost it on the swim, and didn't have a gd bike. But it looks like on small races, I CAN contend in my AG, and that at this age, I am still S/B/R'ing, that's not a bad lifestyle. Life is Good.