Papillion Mayor's Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim was harder than I thought it was going to be. I never really got comfortable in the water. I had to turn over on my back 4 times to get comfortable. Considering that, it wasn't a bad time.



Do a practice swim before hand and be in the water at the start, not waiting to get into the water.

Overall a good transition. I really wanted to get out of the water before as many people as I could since it was a smaller transition area and because the start of the bike course was fairly narrow. Even though my swim was just okay, I was in a good position coming out of the water.


Nothing.

I thought my struggles on the bike were due to using my legs too much on the swim. While that might have been the case somewhat, I realized about 1/3 into the ride that something was rubbing on a tire but I couldn't figure out what. After the race, I discovered that my front tire was wobbling. I had rode the course a week ago in sub 40 minutes to this had a huge impact on my time.


Check my bike after the practice ride to make sure that everything is okay and again before heading to the start.

Thought T2 went okay.

I had to come to a near complete stop the way the entrance to the transition area was set up so I need to practice jumping off the bike in tighter quarters.

Very pleased with my run, especially considering how disappointed I was going into it mentally. I wasn't passed at all, though there probably weren't many people behind me to begin with.



Push myself a little bit harder throughout the run as I had plenty of energy left at the end of the race.

None. I just wanted to get out of there.


Starting out the swim too fast and the mechanical issue with the bike.


I look forward to redeeming myself next year.