TRI for FUN Triathlon #1 - TriathlonSprint

Good enough swim, about all I can expect seeing as I have not swam a lap in about 2 months... I was nice and straight, good sighting, just wasn't swimming very hard. I was a few minutes faster last year.

train.

bit of an estimate on the transition, since I messed up my stopwatch a bit here. It's possible that the transition was slower and the bike was faster, I don't know. It was quick and easy, just a fairly long run up the hill from the lake to the transition area.

Wetsuit off, glasses on, helmet on, shoes on (no socks), go! did a running mount leaving T1 and passed a few folks who trying to get clipped in. my actual time in the transition area was probably less than a minute.

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Time is a bit of a guess, but within a minute of accurate. Decent enough, I'm not in top form at the moment and took it easy. I'm also on a full suspension mountain bike with full knobbies. I did air them up to 50psi though (usually run 25psi with a Stans NoTubes kit).

I mostly rode with my forearms resting on the grips, sort of a poor mans aero position... Nothing noteworthy here, just tried to keep my RPE at a nice easy level so I could run afterwards. I was passed a LOT, only passed a few.

Unfortunately, I forgot my water bottle so I had nothing to drink. Not a big deal I guess since it was cold an rainy, but still...

train. And not forget my bottle.

flying dismount into transition going right by 2 guys who were stopped and getting off their bikes at the line. Side note, I was actually yelled at by a course worker to stop my bike first before going into transition so I wouldn't 'endanger' everyone around me. WTF?? Isn't this a race? I was certainly not unsafe, I just sidestepped the bike and did a running dismount into transition.

Anyway... I ran through transition and racked the bike. Helmet off, shoes off, shoes on, grab hat (with race belt in it) and GO! I'm getting pretty good at transitions.

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I've done this course enough to know what to expect, nothing new here. I haven't run in about a month so I wasn't expecting much, I just kept it in about zone 3ish and had fun. I did walk right at the beginning while I pounded a few cups of gatorade/water since I didn't have any on the bike. It was a good run, the rain didn't bother me at all, though it did make the fireroad a little slick in places. No worries, it's better than 110 degrees and dusty!!!

train. Notice a theme here?

Not much, just get all my crap, get back to the trailer, and get into dry clothes. I was shivering pretty bad after the race.


uh, lack of training.


Love TBF racing. Rain or shine, they always put on a quality event. Overall I was 12 minutes slower than I did at this same race last June. Pretty evenly spread over all three events I think, I was just in WAY better shape last year than I am right now.