Jack's Generic Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was not pleased with my swim. I tried swimming slowly and concentrating on my stroke. I got tired very early. I did draft some. Navigation was average but I rounded all of the buoys very well. Had to flip over on my back twice. Had issues with my Garmin, it was not setup in multi-sport correctly. Someone helped me because I didn't have my glasses prior to the swim. Obviously they did something wrong.

Definitely need to make the swim a higher priority in training.

This was the second time I clipped my shoes to the bike. It was a good decision again since my transition was faster than normal.

Keep practicing transitions.

I rode well and got lots of comments when I was passing people, particularly on the hills (yea me). I had Garmin issues that distracted me at the beginning. Midway through the bike leg my chain froze. When I got off the bike, the chain then came off. I put it back on and continued, just a minor inconvenience. Ate a gel on the bike, and drank Nuun.

Do more intervals and hills in training.

I was a little disoriented during this transition. It took longer than I thought.

Practice more transitions.

I think the two gels really helped me feel very strong at the beginning of the run. This actually may have caused me to run faster than I should have. I carried my own Nuun since the Gatorade is disgustingly sweet and isn't always mixed properly. This seemed to help since I didn't get into the stop and walk mode at the aid stations. I did pour water on myself to cool the core. It worked.

Pay more attention to nutrition and ramp up the training. Really practice running negative splits.

Walked around for a few minutes and ate a burger and some ice cream.


Age and training. This is starting to sound like a broken record.


High Five always puts on a great race!