Gatorade Tri Series 2013/14 - Race 2 - TriathlonOlympic

Nothing. It went as well as it could go. I generally swim a consistent 2:30m per 100m but in the rtace it was 2:01m. Very happy with that (given I do essenitally no swim training)

I think I could have pushed just a little harder on the bike. Maybe gained 1km/h average.

Pacing is still something I am learning in races, particularly the shorter rides. I am better at it during training but my rides are also mucn longer than 40km.

Got a big chunk of bark stuck on my sock. I had to take the shoe off, remove the bark, and put it back again. Cost a couple of seconds.

This happened because I wore socks. I took my feet out of my bike shoes before dismounting so I was running through T2 in my socks only. They picked up the bark.

I'd like to go sockless but I'm prone to blisters. Still trying to get rid of the one I got in November during race 1 (which was only a sprint distance).

Very happy with the time. I think it was my PR for a 10km TT.

I think I've set my expectations too low.


I could probably have gone a little faster. I did a 4:45 per km pace but I think I could have managed a 4:35 or so.

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Rode home ~10km


Lack of pacing experience

Lack of a taper. I was treating the race as part of my overallt raining for the HIM. Given the HIM is in three weeks I chose not to propoerly taper for the Olympic (I took two full days off before the race, but trained hard right up to that point).


During the swim the water got so shallow for a few minutes that you had no choice but to stand up and walk/run that section! Very strange, and you couldn't tell from the beach so it was not expected in the middle of a swim.

Not a great bike leg. Three lap course with a silly little offshoot that was just plain dangerous. A crashed happened right behind me when someone behind slowed too fast into the turnaround, and the guy behind him ran into the back of him.

The run was fine. Along the coast for much of it.