City of Chandler Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Pool wasn't overly warm, and it was quite dirty. I felt OK, and for the most part was able to keep with my breath on every 3 strokes. Didn't hang too long on the sides before pushing off. I think the longest I stayed was for 3 breaths. Being 50 yrds wide helps reduce your ability to hang on the side. This pool had no super deep end, so that helped with my menal issues I have with deep water.

Nothing really.

I looked at my watch and the run from the steps of the pool to my bike was 50 some seconds. Almost a full minute. Usually it doesn't matter where you rack your bike, but in this Tri it did. And as it turned out, I racked it in the farthest spot possible. Lesson learned. My set up was good, but I put a sock on upside down, and had to redo it. I was able to run with my bike and did a running/jumping mount (on the line this time) and all was good.

The socks I used are impossible to tell which side is toe up, so if I use them again, I have to pay attention to that before I roll them down and put them in my bike shoes.

Once I found a gear I liked, I just stayed in it the whole time. course was flat, with a few spots of bumpy, decorative cobblestone crap along one street, but a fairly smooth course.

I did not fill my aero bottle with my whole bottle of water because last time it kept splashing me. This time I ran out on the last lap. I could have used more water due to my cold meds drying me out. So splash or not, I need more water.

Wish I had my speed laces in my new shoes. MUST do that before next race.

Speed laces.

Run was tough. Lungs were REALLY not happy at this point. Felt my last mile was better than the first, but I was happy with my time considering how I felt.

Not be sick.

It's all about the chocolate cake donut, baby!!


Being sick.


Tri Family racing usually puts on a good race. I don't like how they have drawings at the end for free stuff. He just calls out numbers, and he usually calls the same numbers over and over. Grrrrrrrr
This time the timing was messed up. Not sure what went on, but seems like they had problems.