Niantic Bay Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Good swim leg, got a nice start and slot and found a relay swimmer to grab a draft off of. I hardly had to sight at all and followed him until the last 50 yard when he sprinted off (since he was done). HR was low and I could have easily pushed much harder.

Find someone even faster to draft off of and push a top 5 swim split!!

The transition area was way too cramped and I was on the end of the rack and the same rack as relay bikers who were all standing in the way as I came in.. get the f out of the way... Then I find some jacka#$ had leaned his duffle wag and trainer against my bike and i had to move his crap out of my way to even get out. First time of wearing my tri top under my wetsuit, which worked well given the heat.

Punch people...

Dropped my chain 4 times in 12 miles, that has to be some kind of record. Guess that's what I get for not riding my tri-bike since CDA. Coupled with that, I had no energy on the bike and couldn't get confortable. I think this is where the sleep deprivation kicked in, becasuse I was seriously tired and bored, didn't care if people passed me and if I was passing anyone. It didn't help my speed was working so I had no feeback for motivation.

Get motivated to go fast.

Once again f'n relay runners were in the way, including a biker literally lying across the aile I needed to bring my bike down..move bastards...

kick people

After having such a boring and uninspired bike, I figuered i'd jog this thing out. Found another clydesdale and we ran the whole thing together with some 10 sec walk breaks. Easily could have done more, but oh well.

Run continuously.

Sleep


The race started 25 minutes late and the run course is not measured properly. Couple that with a transition area that is way too crowded. The realy racers should have their own rack/area that is out of the way of the other racers. My swim rocked and the rest sucked, mostly due to my own lack of motivation. I'm not really a big fan of sprint triathlons, so it's my own fault. They are kind of expensive and a lot of work (travel, registration...) for an hour+ of racing.