Ottawa Early Bird Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I purposely seeded myself in a slower group. I wanted to swim at a really relaxed easy pace and that helped me. I did catch up with the guy ahead of me but I just eased off a bit and followed him.

This was a bit of a weird transition. The exit from the pool building is at least 500m from the t-zone. For that reason, the organizers allow racers to leave footwear outside the pool to wear on the run to the t-zone. This means that you have to put on running shoes outside the pool, run to the t-zone, and then change into bike shoes.

Again, I didn't push myself. I just wanted to have a relaxed ride and see what happened. The new bike is great and I was able to stay down in the aerobars for a good portion of the ride.

Note, that the bike time includes the 500m trek from the pool and T1

Next race, I'll definitely have the confidence to push myself harder. I know I can go faster.

Just need to practice more to make it more mechanical.

I am not a talented runner. ;-) I had a hard time at the start of the run with some cramping in my right calf. I took a little walk break and then started running and felt better. I walked up a small hill later in the course but otherwise was able to keep running. I was really pleased that I was able to recover from how bad I felt at the beginning of the run.

Obviously the run is by far my weakest event. I need to concentrate more on run training and I definitely need to do more bricks.

Ate a banana and a bagel and drank some water. Did a few stretches while I chatted with a few people that I know.


i need to really concentrate on run training. I think I'm stronger and more fit than last year but I know that I've slacked off on running lately and that I could do more to improve.


I was using this race to ease back into racing and to see what I need to improve for next month's race. It was actually my first Sprint distance tri as last year I only did try-a-tris. So I'm pretty pleased to have finished this with a smile on my face.