Tri the Parks - Indian Springs State Park - TriathlonSprint

The start was a little bit messy. I got caught behind some slow swimmers and could not get around them. I finally did and hit some open water. I made up ground on the lead pack quickly. I had problems relaxing in the first 5 minutes. Once I found my pace, I settled down and did a great swim.

I think I have to warm up and no be afraid of pushing harder in the first 200 yards to get in front of the slow swimmers.

I layed out everything nicely. However, I forgot my gels which I really needed at the middle of the bike. I had my germim running for the bike.

I would move a little quicker on the transition from the swim to the bike. I gave some time back to lesser swimmers by moving too slowly. I will put the gels in my helmet with my shades.

I did not feel good for the start of the bike and the course went up a hill right away. After I settled in, I did ok. I got passed by elite racers only who were in serious TT mode. Otherwise, I passed a ton of people. I held back on the last 4 miles because I was nervous about the run.

I need to train for TT mode more. I am not sure I would do anything differently, but I could have knocked lots of time off my overall with a TT bike and some training.

This was the lesser of the two. I forgot to take my riding gloves off and did not take my garmin off the handle bar for the run. I walked from my bike to start of the run to give my legs some transition time. I may have gone a little too slow, but read on.

I think I may put the garmin on my wrist for the bike instead of the wrist. It will leave one less thing to think about for the last transition.

My run was terrible compared to others. However, I could not do any better, so I have to be satisfied. I went into the run middle to upper part of the 40s and I lost lots of places during the run. I tried to pick up on a few others paces, but I simply could not get my legs to turn over faster. I was very thankful for backing off the bike a little. I think it would have been worse if I had not back off a little.

I did the best I could and would not change anything. I need to get consistent on working out and simply get better on the run

I walked all over the park picking up my stray items. I did limited stretching. I knocked back an orange, a banana, and beagle.


My fitness level.


While I have nothing to compare to except bike races, the race seems great.