Thanks amr63, that's a really good read. I am happy for the most part about my race, obviously learnt a lot and identified areas to improve. For one, I need to kick more towards the end of the swim to get the blood to the legs as that run up the beach on the thick sand was killing me! My first ocean swim went well. The calm conditions calmed my nerves and the warmer, less dark water (my frame of reference is Midmar) also helped. Sighting was a bit of struggle with the swell of the ocean and a little fog in my goggles. My very cautious and tentative swim came to an end after 17:20 (my time, exluding T1). No issues on the bike and I enjoyed the flat course compared to my hilly training ground in the Midlands. Average speed of 32.7km/h over the 22km. I was worried about the run as I had not been running much due to ITB on the right and a knee recovering from an op on the left. But did not experience any real issues with the ITB only rearing its ugly head in the last km or so. But not bad enough to slow me down. Finished the run in 26:42 which I was happy with. It was a great event and I am pleased with the almost 10min improvement on my first sprint tri. I finished in a total time of 1:30:25. Now to get to 1:20! Can't wait for the next one in April. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
