Mini Mighty Man Pool Triathlon - Triathlon

I seeded myself somewhere between 6.30 and 7 minutes. People were sent into pool 5 or so seconds apart. Not everything goes as planned and people get log jammed in traffic. I actually had to STOP to adjust, wait, re start in the middle of the pool. That backed up my time and it was so annoying, killed a rhythm, then I got passed eventually by 2 people. I passed about 4 or 5 as well.

Get in an ocean or lake. I found pool swim terribly annoying

This was a climb out of pool, run up baby grassy hill up and over into transition about 300 meters away. I didn't sprint it, but I wasn't exactly walking

Not much, thought I handled it well. It was just about 50 degrees at race time. I had a pearl izumi jacket ready for the bike, but I felt warm enough that I threw a run beanie on before my helmet and socks. Other than that, a baby sip of my mix and off I went

I had put the GT Jammer aero bars on the day before and tested them out to my liking. On this course I got into them as quickly as possible and went at it. I really felt the difference on them on this flat loop course. I passed tons of people and dropped into drops and took turns hard.

Not assess the 1st loop, just go out hard immediately. Create my own paths, don't adjust to other people (especially ones not moving well, or staying to right) I slowed a few times to handle these "situations" Be even more aggressive

I keep feet in shoes and unclip and hop off while entering dismount area. Quick swig of my mix and a GU for the hell of it and into shoes and run out

Nothing

I still feel heavy coming off the bike. The way I ride, my legs, which are above your average muscularity for triathlete standards, get crazy pumped. Takes a while to feel "lighter" and "looser"

Work more in training to make bike to run less difficult. It'll come over time.

I know I can be faster in final runs

Traffic in pool - still dealing with heavy legs off bike


The only thing that stops me from giving a 5 is my hatred for the mass pool swims.

*Technically, this was my first official triathlon. Having been doing enough du/biath/aqua dual events, I have been ready. I am happy, but feel like I can and should get better. Racing swims makes my enjoyment of swimming drop big time. I can LOVE swimming if I am not so concerened for my pace....people messing with my pace....worrying about my pace.....asking myself a million questions while swimming, wondering if Im going too hard, am I wasting energy, etc etc. The swims are such a frikn mental mind fk