Splash, Pedal, Dash Triathlon & Dash, Pedal, Dash Duathlon - TriathlonSprint

Pool start. Was not too chaotic during the swim as plenty of room between lane lines. Some bunching at turns. The worst part was the line up for the start. Based on numbers but people were all over the place.

Not much, typical swim for me.

Was pretty far away from the bike out portion of the transition area. Ran with the bike. A little dizzy.

Need to think about earplugs on the swim

One one hand was first race with the clipless pedals and I did better than my Tri last month. There were some hills that still wreck me. At one point, I got something stuck in front fork making a godawful noise so I had to stop to check out the bike. Lost probably 2 minutes. Turns out was a GEL pack someone had discarded. Still not hitting times I hit last year in some races.

More trainging esp on hills. More time in Aero

Was first time had to change from bike shoes so did ok I think.

Nothing

Was bad. Had my hurt ankle and it was acting up a bit. Also they ran out of water on the run and I was HOT. I still am not improving and it's really discouraging.

In hindsight I probably should not have raced as my ankle is really hurting me now.

Stretch and walk around


I'm glad I did this race but they have lots to work on. First, there was ZERO communication leading up to the event from the organizers. Second, there were 4 water stops on the bike which is NUTS for a Sprint and only 1 on the RUN. That 1 on the RUN ran out of water, when it was probably most needed.