I started hard. I didn't realize how fast I was going until until I looked at my watch on the 1.25 km mark. One week ago I run 5 km in 19:33 min and I was struggling all the way. This time I felt good and I decided to hold the pace for as long as I could. I was running in a large group until the turnaround point. Then group picked up the pace a little and I was left alone for the rest of the run. My tempo droped, but I still managed to improve my PR for 47 sec.

I could hold the group until the finnish but I didn't have fate in my abilities. I think that I could run this in 18:00, but there was bike and second run in front of me, so maybe it was better to hold back. Next time I'll start slower and try to manage negative split.

Slow transition

Practise transitions

T1 and T2 are included in bike time. I lost few positions in T1. I was riding in a group. Our pace was slow so the group was getting bigger. In second lap I got cramps in both of my calves. From that point I was struggling to hold the group.

I started with bike training couple of weeks ago, and I just put on clipless pedals. I think that's why I got cramps. Pace was comfortable. I could have pushed a lot harder but my calves didn't let me.

As I got in T2 cramps got worse. I've lost more than 2 minutes because I couldn't get in my running shoes because of the cramps. A lot of people passed me at this point.

Practise transitions.

When I started running cramps disappeared. I passed a lot of people.

Push a little harder in the finnish.

Light run and strech


Cramps. Insufficient bike training.


It was my first race and I'm happy for that. I satisfied with my running. The bike will get better when I put in more training hours.