Skene Short Novices Triathlon 16th Aug –Swim 400m, Cycle 16km, Run 3.2kmPosted by 45CDO on August 18th, 2009
I completed my first Triathlon today.
After arriving at the carpark this morning I had a mild panic attack when I saw that the majority of the other competitors had aero bars, cleats and even the odd aero helmet. I soon managed to get over this and set up my bike etc. Everyone was pretty friendly and the organisation was good.
Swim – On the swim my technique fell apart after a 100m because I went out way too fast. I had originally submitted an expected swim time of 9m 30secs – I revised this down to 8m 20secs last week and was happy to complete the actual race in 7mins 28secs.
T1 – Went fine, in fact I was pretty happy with this, only real problem was that I struggled getting my feet in the toe clips as the exit from the transition area was straight up a steep hill.
Bike – This is my weakest discipline but it went reasonably well, in fact, I was only overtaken once (although it did look like I was stopped when this happened!) I must admit that after today the rules around drafting are even more hazy to me. Anyway, I completed the bike section in 29mins 50secs.
T2 – Again this went fine, although I was a little wobbly running with the bike.
Run – I really struggled here and two guys in my heat both passed me within the first 400m. It wasn’t just the ‘jelly leg syndrome’. I also struggled with my breathing and couldn’t get into a satisfactory rhythm. As I approached the finish I overtook another competitor and this created a sprint finish (which helped both our times), we ended up going over the line at exactly the same time and I finished the run in 10:59.
So overall, I beat my goal of going under 1hr and came 7th out of 35.
Swim 7:28
T1 1:25
Cycle 29:50
T2 0:32
Run 10:59
Total 50:17
Only problems were that they did not register me as a BCTTT member although I did notify them when I revised my swim time and they also the failed to spell my name right…never mind.
Dean Wilkinson a.k.a. Dean Wilkenson