Nothing has really happened Triathl0n-wise . This month. At the most, went to the Specialized Shop and drooled over the SL3 for a while . i just LOVE that bike.. sigh. RM 7800. for just the frame. hmm…decisions decisions….
Newton 25K run in less than a month. if I'm lucky i can start training in a week or so.
PD Tri is quite a nice race. For the price of the entrance fees, it is relatively well organized and pretty established. The route was the same as last year so those who have done it before have a bit of an advantage. My only comment,I guess is, for those who are used to the Unlce Chan triathlons, its great – but there were some first timers who could really have used a bit more information about the event. The website could be a bit more informative on rules and regulations as well as the course route. I had no complaints but if it was my first tri – I'm sure i would have been unnecessarily nervous due to not being very clear on things.
Right. On to the race .
Swim. I weaselled myself into close to the 2nd row at the swim start. Right behind the usual suspects(winners) and some proper looking swimmers. It was a bit of a mess, but i didn't have much trouble swimming into people because the front row took off pretty quickly. Well, not surprisingly visibility was poor, goggles fogged up and I lost my way.
I followed a swimmer on my left and after the U-Turn, i thought i must have cut a corner. Well i was not the only one…so i did my best to get back on track and was in my lane not too long after.
My bike transition was ok. Helmet , belt and go. Everything else was taped to the bike. That works well – ill stick with it.
It took all but 10 minutes to get into a group i caught up with and i stuck with them the whole time. On the way back into bike transition, one guy in my group lost control while undoing his shoes and ended up in the bushes by the road. I’m sure he was not hurt, but a pretty unfair deal considering he did a lot of the pulling.
In the run transition i noticed that a lot of people were really fast in and out. I was ok but the socks did slow me down a bit. I need to think about getting some non blistering shoes to run in and cut down transition time.
On the run, I gained 5 positions. I was running with my one piece tri suit and it was getting kinda hot. So I took of one shoulder . Didn’t help much and doesn't look too good either. Next time ill leave it on.
I guess the lessons from this race are :
Well thats it. Hope i get to race again soon. family matters will require my priorities in the months to come. Will see how my run to work plan works out. I hope it does.
