Shadow Creek Ranch Triathlon - Triathlon

This was my fourth swim in 2104, so the dismal results were pretty much as expected.

Transition started well, but noticed my bike wasn't rolling well on the way out. Felt both my tires, and the front had gone flat. Returned to my rack and changed the tire.

I'd done some work on my front wheel the night before and it had a new tube in it. I rode a few miles on it as a check ride that night, and it was still inflated on race morning. I rode on it about a mile to get to the transition area and everything was fine. Not sure what happened.

The flat issue kind of took most of the race right out of me!


???? I'be been using a narrow Continental Supersonic tire as a race tire on my front wheel to match-up with the H3 trispoke. I'm going to test this out on a few more training rides, but if I have any more flat issues, I'll be switching back to a 4000s

The flat right from the get-go took most of the race right out of me, so I rode hard, but left quite a bit in the tank.

Front tire didn't get fully inflated, so that cost a little time. Also, I'm still having a rubbing / squeaking issue with my bike when applying higher power. Not sure what's happening. This issue is new this year, and happens with both the tri-spoke and the disk on the back wheel. This need to be figured out and fixed!

Run was starting to heat up by the time I got on the course. I put in a descent effort, but should have been able to push a little harder.

Nice "local" sprint race. Turn-out for this race is average. It's not big, but it does have enough people around to keep you from getting lonely.. Size wide, it's similar to Katy or Firethorne.

Well organized and run.