Mental victory in keeping focused. Though I stroked steadily the whole time, my arms got tired.

Train more.

Top 3 or 4 fastest T1 times of the day.

Nailed it.

Overall HR was 159 (IF 0.88) - this seems low, I think I should have been able to go harder.

Bike HR avg was 159 (IF 0.88). Perhaps next time focus on keeping HR at 160 to 165 (LT). Avoid spikes above 170. 5 months ago on the same course my bike HR avg was 162 (IF 0.89) and time was 16 seconds faster, so not much difference.

Top 3 or 4 fastest T1 times of the day, not bad. Fastest was 18 seconds! I don't know if I could run the length of T2 in 18 seconds, even with no bike nor putting on shoes.

I fumbled putting on my shoes. I need tri race shoes with a heel loop.

12 seconds slower than my run on the same course 5 months ago, so not much difference. I let down mentally in mile 2.

I identified my competition, 2 guys who finished ahead and placed in the Masters Overall, but I did not identify the guy who finished 32 seconds ahead of me and won our age group. Arrgh. If I'd known him and seen him at the turn around, I would have worked hard to catch him. I was faster on swim, T1, T2 and run, but he was 45 seconds faster on the bike and won by 32 seconds. Sprint tri races are decided by seconds. Overall 1st and 2nd were 7 seconds apart.

Probably swim fitness, bike HR focus, and run consistency.


Chuck does a great job with all the Tri The Parks races. I highly recommend them. After my warm up run, I complained about a hazard in mile 1 of the run course. They had it marked with an orange cone before the start.