Red Hills Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I had a pretty good swim for me. This was definitely my fastest pace in a triathlon. The wetsuit helped a great deal. Unfortunately I went out a little too fast. If I had watched my pace a little better, I could have knocked another 30 secs off.

Take the first 200m slower.

I had a hard time getting out of the wetsuit. I had tried it at the pool w/o success and this was no different. I had already prepared myself for a slower transition than normal, but the speed I gained by wearing the wetsuit completely offsets the time in transition.

Work on wetsuit removal technique.

This was fairly disappointing. I have been working hard on the bike for months now, and my time does not reflect that. My back hurt nearly the whole race, so I couldn't get aero nearly as much as I should have, and a few times I had to sit up completely off the handlebars just to ease the pain.

That being said, I still rode hard and had a pretty decent time. It was just frustrating to know that I could have knocked 2min off my bike split had I been healthy. Again, I am still pleased with my performance. I am just left with a bunch of what-if's...

Go to a chiro about 3 months ago.

I was sprinting towards the line once I got by the park entrance b/c I can do that w/o my back hurting, so I totally forgot to take my feet out, but this was still blazing fast considering that and the fact that my bike rack was at the far end of the transition and the bike in/run out were really far away.

nada

I ran pretty hard and left most of it on the course, but I haven't been running enough for this to be that fast.

Once I got out of transition I was mostly alone on the course. I passed two people the whole time (both right after transition) and only saw two other people the entire course. It was slightly eery and lonely. One of the two guys that passed my was the guy who finished right ahead of me in my age group. He ran a 19:42, so there was no way I could have held him off. I didn't really care, cause he looked like Achilles and I knew I wasn't in the running for an age group placing. I outsprinted this guy who ran up next to me at the end, and then walked around for a while.

Hopefully by July I can get down to the 20 flat range.

nada

I didn't really have time for a warm-down b/c we had to go and check out of the hotel.


Injuries and b/c of that, inconsistent training.


Very well organized race. I would definitely recommend this race to anyone.