Gatorade Triathlon Series: Race 4 Robina - TriathlonSprint

Considering I had only had my first real swim in over a month on the Friday afternoon before the race (I struggled to swim further then 200m) I knew the swim today over 750m was going to be very ordinary. I was even a little worried that I wouldn't make it. I waded into the water and tried to hold a spot to the left of the main pack and waited for the start. My swim was fairly uneventful and as I got closer to the finish I knew I would be ok but boy, was I was glad to be back on dry land. I ran to transition and found my bike really easily (it's pretty easy to find your bike when it's the only one left).

Train more, enough said.

It seemed to take forever for me to get out of transition. I had trouble getting my Gu's into my pockets and this has happened before so I need to come up with a better solution for the next race.

I might tape my Gu's to my bike next time.

Jumped on my bike and got into my shoes without any problems and begun the task of trying to pass as many of my age groups as I could who had passed me in the swim (little did I realised that they had all passed me). After the first lap a small group had started to form around me and a fair bit of illegal drafting was happening. Nobody said anything but everybody in the group knew what was going on as we all rotated through the lead position as we rode around the course. This lasted for about 2 of my 4 laps but the group broke up after my third lap as some of the group had finished all 4 of their laps. I powered on to finish my forth lap and by the time I had finished my bike computer said my average speed was in the high 36's. Very happy with this.

Very happy with my time and I think it is a slight improvement on my best time here. This course is basically dead flat and because there are so many people on it at any one time it's almost impossible not to draft.

Apart from running down the wrong row for a bit, T2 went well. I got into my shoes and grabbed my hat and number belt and headed off out of transition.

It all went well.

I felt really good after getting off the bike and it was the perfect weather conditions for a fast run time. There was some cloud cover which was helping to keep the temperature down and there was also very little wind. The goal for the run was to try and get under 24 minutes after I worked out that my crap swim had made it impossible to post a overall pb.

I had a few of my fellow age groupers pass by me on the run which was a little disappointing but I knew I was given it all I had. I passed one of my age groupers who was having trouble with his inner sole and I offered him some advice “sit down, take your time, there’s no rush, make sure you get it right” we both had a laugh. Unfortunately for me he got his shoe right because it wasn't long before he came flying pass me with a big grin on his face.

I was very happy with my time of 23.25 and it shows that that my training is going well.

Just the usual, ate watermelon and drank some water and gatorade. It started to rain quite heavily as I was standing around after the race and I felt sorry for the competitors who were still going around.


I had a really enjoyable race today even though my swim was crap but that was my own fault and I knew it was going to happen.

It will be hard to stay focused on training over the coming month’s becuase I'm not sure when my next race will be. I have a planned holiday coming up and it's going to clash with the next couple of races. I really need to sit down this week and plan my next race which will help me stay motivated and build on improvements from todays race.