Tri the Ridge Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I must have listed too conservative a time. I caught up with the lady in front of me within the first length. 50yds later I passed her off the wall.

More accurate swim time for seeding. Consume pre-race calories much earlier.

unknown T1 time; no chips used. Maybe :40? Everything went very smoothly. Long run from pool to transition, including navigation of long stair flight down.

nothing

Clearly I need to get back to work on the hills. And different rear gears would have been smarter. Still very nervous approaching sharp corners at speed; need to master that. Legs felt very sluggish through whole ride and almost pre-exhausted. Forgot sport legs vitamins, which would have helped. Also did an intense brick 2 days before.

Not drink as much pool water, use a more hill friendly cassette for a suspected hill course, and remember my stupid sport legs before race! More space between taper brick and race.

unknown T2 time; no chips used. Estimate :50. Very fluid and almost zero wasted time

Felt long, but probably wasn't. Right calf cramped almost immediately, but I ran through it. Never recovered pace, however.

More bricks in training.

Walked around and waited for awards. :-)


Recovery period since wreck. Only 1 brick in a month. Poor cassette decision made hills more difficult, coupled with forgetting supplements.


Course and pre-planning were great. Nice facilities and preparation. Needed some more course workers, however. Or at least more obvious route marking with signs and arrows.