Tri-Factor Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

Dodgy course. Small waves which ment it didn't matter too much but because we started at the point of the triangle with the course heading out from the beach on a 45 degree angle, it was a simple matter of running along the beach for 50 to reduce the length of the swim. The conditions were pretty choppy with the outer most leg of the course heading straight into the choppy. Timing was a bit quesitonable too. The starter set a women's wave off only a couple of minutes before we finished our first lap so on starting our second lap we ran into the back of the women's wave. Not a big issue as the waves weren't too large but not a great set up. I spent most of the time drafting, particularly on the back leg into the chop but in the conditions I was ok with the time.

not much. got out of the water feeling like I was on track.

long transition with no carpet so picked up lots of dirt and stuff on the feet. overall transition set up was fine and plently of room.

nothing

Tried to take it easy on the bike again. Had done a fairly brisk ride the day before so the legs were softer than usual. The course is pretty flat but not as fast as I was hoping/expecting. I was only a couple of minutes faster than my Bintan time even though the course is much easier. 6 loops with a bit of slowing down for each corner didn't help. The course was pretty crowded so drafting seemed to be fairly common. Some people came off on the corners, one I saw got carted away in an ambulance. there are better bike courses they could have used - the new moon sprint series makes better use of the road just a little ways down the coast. not sure why they didn't use the same course. Oh and the course is definitely short - lots of people were commenting on it and a few did an extra lap because they thought they had miscounted. if yo do this race in 2013 - remember, the ride is SHORT!

skip the ride the day before. but that's about it. Still a look of work to do on my ride before I can go hard and still have some juice left in the tank.

still a lot of work to do on the run. I seem to only have about 5km worth of go in me and after that it's a death march. At one stage I noticed my speed was dropping faster than the distance remaining - it was a close thing as to whether I would run out of go before I ran out of race. Managed to avoid prolonged walking so better than bintan in that regard.

More electrolytes might help keep me going. It's so damn hot in Singapore and I sweat a lot so I reckon that might have something to do with it. A bit more training wouldn't hurt to

slow swim course, heat.


It's an ok race. small waves, reasonably well organised and good atmosphere all go to make it fairly low stress and enjoyable. They could shift it down the road a bit and improve the bike leg and change the shape of the swim course but that's about it. I'll probably be back next year.