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Today I did my own version of the sprint tri. It went well. The best part was I had several adverse conditions to contend with. As I was getting ready to swim a storm was moving in. The water was somewhat cold this morning. As I was swimming it began to rain. I made my turn at the 1/8 mark and headed into the wind and small waves. Inhaling salt water on a few occasions. The last 100 yards or so I began to tire and struggled to breathe properly. I switched to the breast stroke for a few strokes to compose my self and finished the swim.
I jumped on my bike. I use my mountain bike most often to train. As I started to ride the rain picked up and it became a down pour and I was riding into the wind. I clicked down two gears to conserve energy. I made my turn at 2-1/2 miles with the wind to my back went back up two gears and pumped to the end.
During the run the run the rain backed off to a steady rain. The first half mile-ish of the run was rough (as Angela said it would be) My legs came around my breathing settled and all was good to the end.
I don't have clip in shoes for my pedals but I am going to look into them. I'm not sure but it felt like my thigh muscles worked far more than my hamstring while riding. I could feel my thigh begin to tire while running. Angela, I guess your suggestion regarding the clip in shoes is to even out the work load between thigh and hamstring while riding? This will conserve energy for running?
On Monday was the first time I rode the Tri-bike any distance. I did 20 miles. I rode a steady pace to get a feel for the bike. It is effortless to ride compared to my mountain bike. It will take some time to get used to though especially when in the aero position. It is so light the slightest shift in weight makes the bike react. A turn of my head to look over my shoulder for traffic, pressure on a pedal, a hiney wiggle for adjustment the bike would veer off the line. I think the 20 mile ride was more like 25 miles as I couldn't keep the bike going in a straight line. I am surprised I didn't get pulled over for drunk pedaling.
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