IRONHEAD DALLAS TRIATHLON - TriathlonOlympic

Swim was good, cap came off which was distracting. Used other swimmers for guidance which took me the wrong way on a few occasions.

Don't drink as much fluid before the race. Felt water logged.

Didn't bring a number belt, so I attached my number to my shirt that I wanted to wear during the swim. So I had to put my shirt on before the bike and the number ripped off, so I had to pin it back on.

Drank way too much water before the run....felt sluggish when I got out of the water.
Get a number belt.

Used a new seat which was much harder and very uncomfortable.

Had two water bottles on the bike and only drank about half of one. Which tells me I drank way too much before the race. Also, drinks were warm by the time I started the bike.

Felt like crap after the bike. Wasn't able to push hard on the bike but still felt tired in the legs.

Need quick tie shoe laces...and consider running without socks. Forgot to put on heart rate monitor before the bike and it didn't work too well for the first few miles on the run.

Transition from Bike to Run was terrible. Couldn't get going, and felt sluggish...maybe from too much hydration.
Forgot Hear rate monitor before bike...wasn't working during the first half of the run.

Had knee troubles the last month or two so I completely stopped running to rest and heal. Need to do longer runs up to the race week.

Got some water and stretched. Went and sat in the lake to cool down.


Nutrition and lack of sleep from newborn on Friday.


Consider staying close to race to avoid 45min drive before hand.
Get some more sleep prior to race.
Get longer workouts in.
Work on Transitions.