Tri at the Tavern - Sprint Course - TriathlonSprint

First Tri, first ever open water swim, first ever swim in a pack of people - i fully intended to practice this before the race, unfortunately my schedule did not allow!

Practice OWS alot - i can comfortably swim a mile in the pool, and during the race when i actually had my head down stroking my technique was ok - just have to get used to 1)being used to swimming around/through people 2)being used to not being able to see anything under the water 3)learn to sight!! The one positive was that i never freaked out, and i didnt feel spent coming out of the water - the legs actually felt decent.

my shoes are the type with 3 straps and are not designed to be worn sockless, so getting socks and shoes on is the time killer.

Need to get Tri shoes with one strap and sockless!!

Bike leg was good - course we decent, there were a few stretches where the road was rough, and there was one left hand turn where i got stuck waiting for cars for about 20 secs.

Nothing - maybe go a bit harder, still felt good at the end

Good T2

nothing

Decent run, struggled a bit about half way through, finished strong

Need to run stronger in the middle - could probably cut off another couple of minutes here.

Swim practice/experience, lack of confidence in OWS


This was a decent event - only in its 3rd year so organizers are still learning the ropes a bit - could have been a bit better organized, overall though i could recommend it to anyone looking for a fun sprint with a decent atmosphere.