Anthem Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

This was the last leg of the triathlon, and after pushing the bike pretty hard I could feel the fatigue a bit. I maintained a fair pace, but not as fast as I would have hoped. I probably lost about 30 seconds in the pool over the 400m, which would have positioned me into 3rd in AG for a podium finish. My stroke was ok, but I did not have my head about me and was not thinking in rhythm like I do when I train. Thus, I lost some pull strength a bit from this lack of focus.

Keep my focus, get my rhythm a bit better, and pull, pull, pull.

This was T1, from run to bike. I removed my race number (not required on the bike and I did not want to forget to take it off in T2 before jumping in the pool), got out of my running shoes fine, and into my bike shoes and helmet. Overall a good transition.

Nothing

My overall bike results show that this was my best discipline in the race. It felt like it, too, as I pushed hard on the uphill portions, and flew down the downhill. I was passed by no one, and passed a ton of people (especially on the 2nd and 3rd loops when more people were on the course). I rate this a huge success, as the 7 people with better bike times ended up the top 7 finishers overall. I scouted the course in the morning, but still underestimated the uphill sections and was not carrying the pace I planned, but it turned out ok when I compare to the field.

Nothing really, just keep pushing hard.

This was T2 - bike to swim. I was out of my shoes on the approach and ran through transition with my bike just fine. I wore socks, knowing they would be easy to remove (did not want to run without them), and got out of them and my helmet quickly, donned the goggles and was up the route to the pool.

Nothing, I flew through transition.

Not a bad run, and not great. I held back my early pace just a bit, and let people pass me on the downhill portion, when we made the turn I leaned into the run and started passing most of these people on the uphill portion. My legs felt a bit heavy, and that might be that my season has just worn them down a bit.

Perhaps push a bit more downhill, then see if I can maintain that on the uphill portion.

Relaxed and watched the swimmers in the pool for awhile, then loaded my gear up and headed home when everyone was off the bike course.


Probably just a little on-going fatigue from my season. I just do not feel fresh and energized at the start or during the race, so I put more effort into performance.


A good little race, and people are friendly and have a good time.