5430 Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim was awesome! I am proud of my swim as this was my first in open water. I navigated well, except for a few sightings when I was headed towards right of the 2 loop buoys instead of the left.

Do more swim training.

There were not many people in T1 when I got there. Before the race I kept picturing a crazy transition area of doom.
I had practiced T1 a couple of times so I was pretty well prepared for it. There are areas I can improve, but I'm happy with my first T1.
Took 1 saltstick pill.

Immediately after I exited the reservoir I started trying to take my wetsuit off. There was about 20 yards or so of sand to run through. I was pretty tired from the swim so fighting my wetusit and the sand at the same time was rough. Next time I would start working on my wetsuit once I am out of the sand and get my feet under me.
The rack for my bike was too short. To get my bike under it I had to lean my bike to the side. Next time I need to find a rack my bike fits under.

My biking was pretty weak. I haven't done much bike training so my bike wasn't setup very well for me. My seat was too low and reminded me a bit of when I was a kid and it was cool to have a low seat but you couldn't peddle to save your life.
Since I haven't done very much training I needed to make sure I had something for the run, so I didn't push it too hard.
Consumed 2 gus.

I would get aero bars, practice my riding positioning and get my bike setup corrected.

Took saltstick, no gu

Racking my bike took longer than expected, should be simple and straight forward, somehow my brain made it difficult. I need to practice this for the next tri so my tired brain doesn't get in the way.

I never looked at my pace, only my HR. I was stoked to see my pace was sub 8:00.

Maybe take a water bottle instead of using the aid stations for water.
More training of course.

None


I trained pretty hard for my half marathon in May. After that my training dropped off hard. 1 swim(race distance)/bike(10 minute solo spin) brick, 1 bike(race distance)/run(2 miles) brick and a few random workouts.


This was my first tri. I really enjoyed it!