Tri del Sol Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Felt like I was decent in the water, but pretty disappointed with my overall time and place. Feel like I should have been nearly a minute faster than I was.

I started way on the outside of the pack and didn't get a great line to the marker. I was probably 10-15 meters outside of most everyone else for the whole swim, which added a decent distance for the course. Need to just suck it up and start more on the inside and take the battle that will ensue.

Lightning fast T1. One of the faster times of all participants, might be due to the good spot I had. Literally just threw cap/goggles down on the towel, put helmet and sunglasses on, grabbed the bike and was off.

Nothing.

Didn't have as good of a bike as I should have. I'll have to check my watch data later and edit, but I believe the course was longer than 18 miles. Rough road for the first/last few miles. I didn't handle the hills as well as I would have liked, and didn't push myself quite enough on the way back. I was too concerned about the longer run, but I don't think I helped myself on the run by holding back as much as I did.

Push a little harder.

The bike next to mine was in my way a little, which cost me maybe 3-4 seconds, but no big deal. I got my shoes and race belt on quick enough and was off. I put my hat on while I was running.

Nothing.

Hips/legs were really struggling in the second mile, couldn't get up the hill. Gave it what I had, but it wasn't much. Frustrating getting passed as much as I do there. Saw my friend pass me, and then a few minutes later made a charge to try to catch up to him in the last mile, but couldn't close the distance. Needed to start that charge a bit earlier and go a bit harder.

Train better for the longer run.

Sat down and relaxed.


Poor running ability, bad position and course line in the swim, and too much of a mental game on the bike.


Very good race. Anything negative about this race is related to my own issues, not anything the organizers did.