Richmond Tri Club Sprint Triathlon - Triathlon

Swim went pretty well. It's the fastest per hundred I've had for a race at 1:40. There was a bit of a bottleneck at the buoy with 100 meters to go with multiple guys breast stroking and filling the lane.

The air temperature was 45F, so it was cold coming out of the pool. I put on a jersey and gloves and had toe covers on my shoes. Jersey was tough to get on while wet. My new helmet has a visor that came off when I put the helmet on. I didn't want to lose the visor, so I stuck it in the back of my jersey. It was difficult to get it to stay, so this took time.

I lose too much time in transition. This one was particularly bad, partly due to the cold.

It took me too long to get clipped in. The start of the course is up hill and I couldn't get clipped for a bit. Once clipped, I had a good ride. My quads went numb during the first few miles due to being wet and cold.

Figure out how to clip in quicker. Coming out of a poor T1 and not being able to clip in right away, I lost a lot of time here. I need to figure out how to ride faster in general.

I'm slow here too. I had to remove the jersey.

I need to get faster in transition.

It took about a lap to get a good feel for the run. This is my fastest per mile triathlon run at 6:58. My running is definitely improving and is my strong point. I enjoyed the cheering from all the RTC people on the course.

Push a little more maybe. It was pretty good, but I think I can go a bit faster.

Ran around the course a bit looking for Kristen. I found her late in her first lap on the run. After she finished, we had breakfast and talked to some RTC friends.


Transition performance and the bike a bit.


This race was my first triathlon 2 years ago. I've definitely come a long way. I took about 4 minutes off my time. I could have taken more off, but the cold weather required additional gear in transition. I also lost at least a minute of time during transition. I didn't do any sprints last year, so it was odd being done with each event as quickly as I was. RTC puts on a good race. It's great to get so much support from other members of the club during and after the race.