Luck of the Irish Triathlon - Triathlon

This went horribly. I met with my coach on Friday and he wanted to me to start learning to breathe every stroke on the right instead of every other on the right. This was just a warm up race for the season, so the game plan was to try this breathing pattern during the race. It felt very uncomfortable, likely since I've never done this before.

Practice this more

This was a 2 loop course. The right hand lane was closed to traffic. Volunteers and police support was amazing

Nothing

This went well but was a bit slower than I would have liked. I took a few seconds to slip on socks. I ride without socks but like to run with socks.

This went well. I tried to settle into a good pace off the bike and was a bit fast. Had to slow myself down a tiny bit. Left myself just enough to kick that last 1/2 mile into the finish. They had aid stations approx every mile on the run but I didn't stop any. I took in some water on the bike (that I brought with me.)

stretching. met up with the Playtri team and took some pictures and tried to stay warm. The cool breeze made me feel colder than it actually was.


Would gladly do this event again. Great support staff. Good number of aid stations. Nice finisher medals.