Greater Nashua Y Tri - TriathlonSprint

Swim felt very good. I felt confident and satisfied with my performance. I'm not sure how to draft in the water though.

Possibly warm up first.

I took the wet suit off myself and it went very smoothly. Glasses fogged up immediately after I put them on. Wasn't a big problem though. Mounting the bike went very well, I did a running and jump on mount. I could have clipped in faster though.

Definitely need a flag at my transition area.

I think I may have drank too much water (2/3rds of my bottle). The last 5 miles of the bike I got a major stomach cramp. When I transitioned to the run it got much worse. Ran through it until the last mile, then it went away. I didn't drink any water on the run.

Otherwise my bike felt great. I know I pushed a bit harder than we discussed, but I felt strong and confident. Bike performed well, no mechanical problems.

Towards the end of the bike, my right knee was getting sore, so I decided to put on my right knee-brace...this was a smart decision!

I guess drink less water. I also did have nutrition in my tri top pockets, but it somehow managed to fall out somewhere...oh well.

This transition was terrible. I had no idea where the dismount line was, it was very confusing. There was one woman with a flag saying slow down, but there was no defined point as to where the dismount was.

My dimount was fine, but it was just very confusing.

Determine dismount line before the race. I also need to visualize myself before the racing coming into the transition area from a different area and where my stuff would be set up. Again, the flag would have been helpful.

Had a really bad stomach cramp the first 2 miles. I felt like I kept up the pace well, even with the cramp. If I didn't have the cramp, I could have run faster I think.

My right knee was also a royal pain, but I ran through it.

With the circumstances coming into the run, I think I did really well. I wouldn't do anything differently. I did notice a few times my cadence slowed down though, so I need to focus on that a bit more. It was tough with the cramp and knee distractions though.

Walked around and stretched. Drank 1 12oz bottle of water.


Stomach cramp and right knee.


The bike dismount was rough, that needs some work. Otherwise, the race seemed very organized and fun.