Brooklyn Biathlon - Biathlon (run/bike)

Felt great on the first run despite some stomach issues just prior to the starting gun. Ran at a quick pace and stayed tight to the lead group. Hit transition feeling pretty solid about my performance.

Second run leg was solid, though I felt sluggish out of transition. Sucked back a PowerBar Gel, which seemed to give me a boost - if only mental. Nice finish, passing a great deal of folks who zipped by me on the bike.

Might have taken more chances and hit it harder heading toward transition. Otherwise, it was picture perfect.

Had some trouble clipping in, which was incredibly annoying. I've been practicing my transition this winter and pleased with how quickly I was able to slip out of my shoes and into my cleats. Ran well with the bike to the exit.

Second transition was solid - in and out in under a minute. The elastic shoelaces worked wonders getting me out of transition.

The cleat slip was frustrating, but only took a couple seconds to fix. I'd like to become smoother getting my foot locked in.

Bike time includes the run out of transition as well as about :20 of running my bike back to transition in cleats. Once I found my rhythm, I was cookin', but I struggled mightily on the uphills and lost a bit of focus. I should have attacked the hills much harder and recovered on the downhills, but I wasn't thinking straight.

Kill those hills. Be more aggressive.

No real warm-down. I should have gone for a run, but I mulled about cheering other competitors, ate some bagels and hydrated.


Losing focus on the bike. I need to get into a rhythm sooner and then challenge myself to go harder even through discomfort. I was weak on the hills and as a pretty light guy, I should have been flying up those hills. My average speed was hurt by a lack of aggressiveness on the hills as well as a few slip-ups re: wrong turn early on that required a tight turnaround as well as inability to get my cleat into the pedal right away.


A solid race put on for the 18th year. Really enjoyed this one; nice way to kick off the multi-sport season!