NEO Triathlon Kickoff - TriathlonSprint

Seemed to be in lead group of my wave almost to first buoy. At that point I seemed to start having a lot of trouble catching my breath. Usure if I simply went out too fast or if this first swim in a wetsuit contributed. I felt very fast in the wetsuit but the constriction around my chest seemed to be part of why I couldn't catch my breath.

I definitely need to do more OWS practice with the wetsuit. I think that would have helped a lot.

Would need to trim this down to 1:30 to be competitive

Felt good on the bike. Passed a number of other riders and got passed by a few. Probably 50% of time in aero.

Ride more. Spend more time in aero and work on improved position/fit.

Felt like I needed a breather but I didn't take one.

Pretty good hill just before coming into transition and I probably should have not pushed it as hard at that point. Really paid for it on the first half lap of the run

Really felt bad during the first loop especially. Did not feel like I had a good run. Ran 23:55 5k just 3 weeks ago and expected to be a little slower today, but not as slow as I was.

Keep running. I'm writing these comments before the race results are in but I believe that the run is my worst event, especially today. I've been biking for years and seem to have picked up the swimming fairly quickly. Only been running for 6 mos now so I have a lot of room to improve.

Walked around race venue. Stretched a little. Took in a banana, some sports drink and water. After about 30 min a far BOP member of our group came by starting his second lap of the run, so I walk/jogged the 1.6 with him for moral support. Nice warm down also. He finished in 2:18 or something but his perserverence was inspiring.


First tri in 22 years so hard for me to evaluate the race. Only about 150 participants so it was a very nice size for my first race back.