KPC Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I was disappointed with this swim. The wave I was in was males 50+ and figured it would be pretty clear since I'm usually in the top 2-4 in my age group. As it turned out, there were some problems. There were some people on the previous wave that were having some problems. As I was about 1/2 way to the bouy, I looked up and there was a kayak that was moving to help a swimmer and blocked my path. Right next to the kayak was someone doing the backstroke and I was totally blocked in and had to go around both. On the way back, it wasinto the Sun and I couldn't sight very well. I thought going straight at the Sun was the correct path, but this ended up being too far to the left. This was also my first swim wihtout a wetsuit.

Do a better job of getting my bearings. Get back into swimming shape. My left arm is not up to snuff due to the two bike crashes I had in November and March breaking my left Clavicle, Scapula, and tow ribs on the left side.

This was a miserable T1. Cleaning sand/dirt off my feet was a pain and I should have practiced more. I actually put a running shoe on without thinking. This was as slow as some transitions where I had to take off my wetsuit.

I need to practice T1. I've been apprehesive about switching to keeping my shoes clipped to the bike but maybe it's time to make a change. If I had a decent T1 I would have been 2nd in my age group.

This was my best bike segment, but I kind of expected that since this was my first Sprint. Looking back, I don't think I got passed at all. Going out I maintained a pretty decent pace, but I was flying when I hit route 3. I was passing people pretty much the whole way.
I did not do too well on some corners. I did not slow down enough and went very wide on some of the them.
I thought the bike was 13 miles but the site says it was 12.69. My original thought that I averaged over 22 mph was sadly incorrect. guess I can live with 21.5 since this is my fastest bike segment I've had.

Slow down more at corners. Work on riding with feet on top of shoes to save some time in T2.

My T2 wasn't too bad.

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I was worried about my right calf and it flet fine for the first mile but started to tighten up pretty good after that. I was worried that if I pushed it woud give out. I was surprised that I was as fast as I was.

I haven't been able to run much due to the calf problem. I had less than 5 miles running for July before the race and a total of 21 mils for all of June. I need to take some time to heal up over the next several weeks. This may be my last race of the summer.

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Poor T1 and injuries.


I liked this race and may do it again next year.