Started way too fast and couldn't relax. Got really irritated with myself for this so stopped briefly tried to compose myself and continued. Did better but never really got into a rythym. One person passed me but other than this I had plenty of space to swim.

Relax and find my rythym better.

Transition was fine. As the temperature was cool I put on two shirts. The long sleeved shirt took some time to get on as I was wet. Got the clothing right though as my temperature was fine for the rest of the race.

Nothing

Used a mountain bike. Did worse than expected on the fairly minor hills on the course for some reason. Maybe it was the combination of the wind and hills.
I trained the least on the bike with probably no more than 5-6 training sessions in total since starting training.

Train much more on the bike.

Transition was fine. I used running shoes on the bike so didn't need to change. Took helmet off, took a drink of water and checked on the guy who fell off the bike in front of me coming into the transition.

Nothing.

I was pleased with the run. I started out from the bike transition walking for about 10-15 seconds and then picked up the pace to normal speed relatively quickly. Felt good after the bike with only a little discomfort transitioning to running.
I kept the pace steady throughout the run but couldn't catch the few people in front of me. I had little spare at the end and couldn't pick up the pace.

Most of my training for this was regular 3-5 mile runs. Will include some interval training to improve strength and speed.

Jogged about half a mile back down course and walked around a little. No stiffness the following day and generally felt fine.


The bike section was definitely the weakest. Obviously using a $100 mountain bike with regular running shoes didn't help but I did very little bike training from starting training for this four months ago. Need to train more and consider getting a more suitable bike.


I really enjoyed this race despite being annoyed with my swim.