Kinetic Sprint - TriathlonSprint

Started out ok, but got into breathing trouble early because I forgot to breath. Started panting and took a little while to get the blood flowing everywhere and breathing settled down. Had some trouble with sighting too. Only got off significantly once. Didn't really settle in until nearly half way.

Warm up more to get my heart rate and pulse up. Pick someone to follow and draft them.

I had a horrible time getting my suit over my heels. I had my goggles and cap off and my suit unzipped by the time I got to my bike, but then I struggled getting my suit over my heels. Once I got through that I put on my shirt and shorts. Put on my helmet while putting on my shoes. After the wetsuit was off things flowed reasonably. The transition to the mount area was through gravel so I put my shoes on in transition and I'm using shoes that are too small, so getting them on while riding wouldn't work. One big mistake, I put my run number/belt on the tube and forgot about it. It got tangled in my brake right at the start and I had to stop and take it out.

Be prepared to get wetsuit over heels (bodyglide?). Bigger shoes and go ahead and clip them in the bike and slip on while riding. If swimming in the wetsuit, go ahead and put the shirt on prior to the swim.

I was really happy with my pace and performance before and after the FLAT TIRE!!!!! Everyone was not keeping right which made for little room to pass on the left and not cross the yellow, so people were crossing over the yellow. They were also drafting/following too close without making their move to pass. I had a guy riding off of my left hip and trying to pass, but was taking awhile. I got too close to the right edge and ran off. When I came back on I popped my rear tire. I was horribly slow at changing the tire b/c I didn't have CO2. I kept pumping and air would come out. I finally thought I had enough then went to start and realized I still didn't have enough air. Got off again and pumped the tire up. I was doing great up until the tire and when I got the situation resolved I felt really good on the balance of the course and passed a lot of the back of the pack, but time was disastrous.

CO2 pump!!! Stay to the right of the center of my lane and not worry about the overtakers.... there problem if they can't make the pass.

I didn't feel good about the transition. No major problems, but I couldn't get my feet out of the small shoes because they were tight. Since I had the shoes on, jumping off on pavement was not an option. Racked the bike slowely. I tried running without socks during training and wound up with a weeks worth of hot spots, so I had to put socks on. I'm not sure what to do about that problem.

Talk with some folks about the sock problem. Get better fitting bike shoes so that I can have them off while riding.

Legs felt ok. A little time in the conversion, but not too bad. Biggest problem was air. I was breathing too hard and had to slow down. Felt reasonably good for the run though.

Train, Train, Train!

None...


1) Flat
2) Swim mechanics
3) Run training.


Not enough parking and not enough volunteers to point directions. Everything else was great.