Parvin State Park - Sprint Tri

I did the Parvin State Park - Sprint Tri (my 3rd Tri ever, 2nd of the year).

Let me throw out the numbers before the report. Link to Results

Distance:
1/4 mile swim (open water lake swim)
12 mile bike (for the most part flat)
5K run (trail run and road - shaded)

Place:
Overall 174 out of 235
Swim 151 out of 235
Bike 116 out of 235
Run 187 out of 235

Times:
Overall 1:23:05
Swim 10:25 - 2:27/100
Bike 37:42 - 19.1 mph
Run 29:05 - 9:23 avg


Pre-race routine:

Packed most stuff the night before.

Had a potential disaster with my bike cleats. I got new cleats and put them on my shoes Thursday. I threw the old ones out (they were really bad). I didn't test the new ones until about 7pm Friday and wouldn't you know it they didn't fit the pedals. I scrambled and got in contact with LBS that took care of the problem. I told the other LBS what I had (I even brought the shoe in the store with me) and I trusted that they would give me the right stuff. Sorry you lost my business.

Not much to do race morning. I got up at 5:20 had a banana and some water and was out of the house by 6am. Race was only 15 miles from my house so I was there with plenty of time to spare.

Event warmup:

Set up transition. Other than that I don't do much of a warm up.

Swim

Comments:

Relatively speaking that was a pretty good swim time for me. This was a small race and I couldn't believe how many people I saw that cut off the last bouy. Water was very nice I read some reports from last year and I dreaded the water but it was actually not to bad. Water was also warm but I decided to wear wet suit anyway.

What would you do differently?:

Just keep practicing in the pool and OWS when I can. I really haven't got much swim time in over the last few weeks.

T1

Comments:

I knew I was going slow but 4 minutes is just not acceptable in a Sprint race. Not much more to say about that. I need to be out of T1 in 2 minutes top, and that is even long.

What would you do differently?:

Not take my time so much. I might start using a water tube for my feet. I was not happy putting my socks on while my feet were filled with sand.

Bike

Comments:

Again it is relative but I was very happy with my ride. I still have plenty of room for improvement but all and all I was happy. I still don't go aero and need to work on that. I didn't use my Aero bar hydration system and wished I did.

Also I should mention that I did the race in a single gear. I was in the big ring on the front and I think a 12 on the back.

What would you do differently?:

Just have to keep plugging along with the training. Honestly for this race I wouldn't have done anything different. Very pleased with my bike.

T2

Comments:

Not 4 minutes but still not good enough. T2 should be a little over 1 minute for me.

What would you do differently?:

Just be faster.

Run

Comments:

For the training I have put in this is what I could expect. Cool part was I got to see all my Team Triumph teammates coming in as I was headed out for the run. And then at the end they were all there cheering me on as were my wife and kids.

What would you do differently?:

More training.

Post race

Warm down:

See the family and teammates. Got to eat and drink more. I waited around to cheer on some teammates who picked up some hardware.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I think I performed where I thought I would. If you cut 2 minutes off T1 and another off T2 I would have been real happy.

Event comments:

Good race. Well run, with plenty of volunteers.

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