Bigfoot Triathlon - Sprint Distance - TriathlonSprint

Very rough start to the swim. Not used to wearing a wetsuit. Panicked for the first 1/8 mile. Managed to calm down for the rest of the swim. Poor sighting. I wandered around the course a lot!

Practise in my wetsuit more before the event and work on my sighting.

My wetsuit got caught on the timing chip strap. Aside from that, it was OK.

Practise running with my bike.

The course was described as 'rolling hills'. Having training in Chicago, those rolling hills felt very hilly! Lots of ups and downs. But it wasn't too hard.

Look at the course profile before the event and get some hill practise in.

There's a lot to be said for speed laces and elastic laces. I wasted at least 30 seconds fiddling with my laces. Aside from that, it was a pretty smooth transition. Oh, and I forgot to take off my biking shorts before I started running. Only noticed about 2 miles into the run. Must have been in the zone???

Swap my regular laces to tri speed laces. Maybe change from biking shorts to tri shorts

A lot hillier than I had expected. Again, coming from Chicago, I'm not used to anything other than flat, flat, flat. I was expecting a hilly bike, but not a hilly run. It was a little tough going but a great course. A lot of fun running through the trees and dirt. Excellent.

Read more race reports pre-race so that I don't get any surprises during the race.

Some stretching.


Absolutely beautiful course. Lots of fun!