Triad Triathlon at Northeast Park - TriathlonSprint

Faster than I expected - partially because I realized many faster swimmers had sandbagged their estimated time and I was afraid of getting run over. In hindsight I used too much energy here and didn't focus on good form.

Not worry about others. Focus on form and saving more of my legs for the bike portion.

With the storm, the chip timing system broke so they had to go manual. That combined T1 with bike and T2 with run times. T1 time is my Garmin ride time data subtracted from the official race results T1+bike time.

Nothing. For a beginner I was pleased.

Bike was disappointing. I expected to place top 1/3 of field here. Course was short 10 miles, gently rolling (except for two tough hills in the last 3 miles). Instead while on pace, I got calf cramps on a gentle climb about 3-4 miles in. Had to back way off and finished about 2mph slower than expected. I blame the hard swim, lack of warmup and possibly a bit of dehydration.

Make sure I don't tense legs during swim. Warm up better.

Didn't really push this transition as my "race" was over. Due to upper hamstring tendonitis, my plan was to gently jog/walk the run portion.

Nothing

Wasn't a race for me. If healthy, this would have been my best leg. Not healthy I just planned to back it down and finish. Gave it an "average" because I kept my ego in check and stuck to my injury plan.

Nothing

On the bike, an error in either the swim or in hydration. Running, an injury.


Was good for a first tri. Now to heal up and do one healthy