T3 Timp Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Did not do a great job of keeping eyes up and navigating around other swimmers.

This was a transition of going from bike to swim in the reverse tri. Thought I transitioned pretty quick but see that I was next to last in my age group in this transition.

Dismount bike and get back to the rack quicker.

Pretty good ride and could have been even better had I not followed a number of other riders a few blocks past one of the turns, which was not well-marked and did not have any volunteers or police at the corner. This cost me about 2 minutes in the bike. Otherwise rode OK, passed a lot more people than passed me.

Pre-ride the bike course, get to know the turns

Pretty good transition from run to bike - under a minute and fastest in my age group. It helps in transition that I'm keeping my running shoes on and riding with cages instead of switching into biking shoes ... though I don't know if that costs me time on the bike.

Felt pretty good on run - this was the first event in this reverse tri. Much better than when I ran this course back in November and bonked. Kept a steady pace and could have pushed harder at the end. Not overjoyed with a 25:45 but not bad either.

Stride out and kick more at the flat end of the course

Going off the bike course. Not navigating aggressively around slower swimmers.


Bike course not well marked and led to several riders including me going past a turn and losing a few minutes getting turned around and back on course. No volunteers at corner.