Nathan Tempe Triathlon - Sprint Course - TriathlonSprint

Oh my, deep water start and first ows. It wasn't pretty. From the moment jumping in the water I was having trouble catching my breath. I was worried about being slow and getting ran over, so I spent too much time trying to get to the outside and stay out of people's way. This costed me a lot of time and energy. I learned a lot about ows though. Turned out after a small adjustment to my swim stroke I could breath better swim freestyle than I was able to doing side stroke or back stroke. I think it was just getting into a rhythm and calming down. I did not feel any muscle fatigue from the swim at all, it was about my breathing.

More ows experience, and just get in there and swim. Not going to worry about people behind me or staying to the outside. I need to learn to tread water, like before the start, better to use less energy and relax more.

T1 went well. I used a mtb so I did not have bike shoes, I just put on running shoes. I do have an ankle brace that I always run in, so I put it on in T1. It was a little long, but Thanks to all helpful advice on BeginnerTriathlon.com I was able to get everything organized and went through it quickly.

I am pleased with T1 at this point. I think in the future I will have tri shorts, and click on shoes on the bike, it will go quicker, but where I am at now, I was happy with it.

I used a mtb for this ride. This is not a good road bike. Within the first 3 minutes of the ride, the chain popped off. This happened to me 3 other times throughout the ride. I kept a slow pace and was hesitant shifting gears so it would not come off again. I felt I could have done much better if I was not worrying about that darn chain.

Buy a road bike.

T2 went really quick. I rode in my running shoes, so all I had to do here was rack the bike, helmet and sunglasses off, running hat on, then out.

Nothing

Run went well. I had to stop to use the rest room on the way out, which added a couple of seconds to the time. Since this was my first I ran kind of slow to make sure I was able to finish, I did not speed up until the last mile.

The run was kind of short for me, I easily could have ran at a faster pace and been fine.

Smiling and trying to hunt down kids.


My bike and inexperience in the water and running.


I thought it would have been nice to have an aid station on the bike course.