Tri Latta Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Terrible swim - a full 45 seconds slower than Jetton. Just could not get comfortable. Huge wave and the first 300 meters were not good. I could never get my rhythm.

Warm up - because of the parking snafu I ran out of time to warm up for the swim which I know affected my comfort in the water

Long run from the swim to transition area and my transition area was as far from the bike start as you could get so I ran a long time in my bike cleats

Nothing

I really liked my bike - no one passed and I made up alot of time from the poor swim. I knew I was behind and went on a tear. I passed two cars on the route.

Nothing

I had a very long way on my rack and actually passed the run start. My rack spot did me no favors in this race..

I was proud of the run even though it was slow; I had turned my ankle on the same course a week ago and I felt like I ran as hard as I could. Had another MC pass me with like .5 miles to go and I tried to speed up but I had nothing to get him with it. I ran almost a minute faster than last month.

Got some water, chatted with friends and eat a banana. Waited for results and then headed home


Two things:

1) Had a stressful week with being out of town for work - clearly not enough sleep; I did not have the proper rest. My TSB was great but without rest it does not matter
2) Swimming OWS is a
new skill - this was my third time ever in an OWS swim - much to learn here.


UPDATE: After beating myself up all day, I went a long ride on Sunday and realized my race was better than I thought - I had PRed my ride (MPH) and my 5k run time - yeah my swim was not the best but the other two components were strong.


Liked the race - huge field and tough to compete - its in my hometown (lucky to have so many tris so close).