TriTulare - TriathlonSprint

Swallowed water on the first turn and it really hurt my breathing. I was in the water with some other new triathletes and I had a concern that they would go out fast and then slow down, which is what happened. This messed up my rhythm as I had practiced a very constant pace.

Stick to my own pace, don't worry about other competitors.

Not sure of true time for transition, just guessing. Transition was 50ft or so away from the pool. Had to clean feet a little bit from dirt in the parking lot. Pre-rolled socks helped alot with getting them on wet feet.

My bike was good. I held a faster pace than any of my training sessions. The mental lift was needed after the swim.

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Just a guess again at time. I ran my bike to the rack. I actually had someone tell me to slow down. Silly me, I thought it was a race.

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I had pushed the bike, so my legs were dead. I was able to run the whole course and was overall happy with the run time, I felt like I was running a lot slower.

Train more running!

Overall the race had everything I needed as a first time participant. The event had a timing issue and race results didn't come out till the next day. This didn't effect me, but was bad for anyone that was competitive.