Terramuggus Sprint Triathlon Series - Race #6 - TriathlonSprint

Swim went well. I did not wig out and stayed calm, trying to find feet and stay relaxed. It looked like the swim was going to be longer than the last time I did this and people were all agitated over it. Come on-600 vs 500??, really??
I stayed steady-to turnaround in 5:30/back in 5:00. The back half was more open water and I didn't try to draft as much, instead pushed a bit and stayed strong.

Swim faster, I can handle it and it wasn't as hard as I feared.

T1 was included in the swim time, but for me it was about 2 minutes. I can cut a minute out easily. My bike was way up and to the left. I had to run way over to get it. Was quick getting out of the wetsuit, but I wasn't organized and couldn't remember what I needed. Liquids were all set and I was pretty quick getting on the socks and bike shoes. Took time to rewipe off my sunglasses which got fogged since I put them on early. D(ont' do that next time) Unhooked bike and ran with it, passing 2 people in transition.

Will place my bike closer to the swim exit/bike out next time.

Jumped up and powered up the little hill towards where I blew my tire and settled slowly around the corner. Thanked the officer and I was off! Started to reel in as many women/faster swimmers as I could. It was a steady diet of passing people for the first several miles as we went up 2 miles of rolling/uphills. At mile 3, it starts to give back with rolling downhills and I hammered. Even split the loops but the course apeared to be a bit short, so I wasn't as fast as it looked. Only a handful of people passed me, maybe 5.


Nothing. I pushed and my legs aren't used to this fast stuff that is sustained. Need to train for sprints to do better in them

Time is guesstimate based on my watch. Quick transition, despite having to go to the far side to rack my bike and find my stuff. Shoes off>on quickly. Decided to leave sunglasses/hat off and just go.

Nothing

Legs were tired and my breathing was about tempo+ pace, which is something I'm not used to. Got a little nervous as the pace was way faster than I was used to and I'm not fully recovered from the IM yet. Tried to go out strong and hold pace on the hills. Execution plan was to get to mile 2 and then push with whatever I had left. Third mile was definitely the fastest, by far. Course was not marked for bike or run so I don't know splits. Very tired but pushed to try to catch a big group of 6-8 runners about a quarter mile ahead of me as we were in the last mile. Took me almost all the course until I got them. Passed a few, but got on the woman in front of me and yelled at her to 'move it because I'm not passing you'. She picked it up a bit and finished just ahead of me. Easily could have passed her and if she was a man age 50-59, he would have seen my sprint.

Nothing

Chillaxed and waited for times to be posted as I thought I had a shot at top 3 in my AG. After 1/2 hour, it was decided that they weren't going to run another print, so I left.


Still recovering from IMLP. No sprint tri training.


I enjoyed this race a lot. The sprint distance is fun and fast. You have to push yourself into tempo land for effort and my body wasn't ready for it, but I was thrilled with a podium spot (on paper, in a training series).

Finally avenged my crash/DNF a couple weeks ago with a solid finish in my first completed sprint tri.