My First Try a Tri

[Darryl]

I just made my first foray into the triathlon domain completing the Orillia Try a Tri yesterday. That was my first goal accomplished and I was also looking to do it in under an hour. Did that too.

Look forward to more fun and punishment and getting involved through various local groups.

[Sandy]

Congratulations Darryl!

[Janet]

Congrats Darryl! I love hearing about first time experiences! So how was the course? Any memorable hills on the bike?

[Darryl]

Congrats Darryl! I love hearing about first time experiences! So how was the course? Any memorable hills on the bike?

The course was good. The water was a little choppy but a balmy 74 degrees. The bike started out with two fairly miserable hills but the up-side was that was also the end coming back in to the transition. The run was relatively flat.

I felt slow in T1 so will need to improve there.

I am looking forward to another Try-a-Tri in the spring just to 'go through the motions' before hopefully moving up to a sprint later in the season.

Question: The times for my race did not show the times for the two transitions. I suspect they lumped T1 in with the bike time and T2 in with the run. Is this likely the case and is this standard?

[Sandy]

It depends on the race and depends on where the mats were.  If you crossed a mat coming into transition from the swim then it is added to your bike.  If you didn't cross a mat until you left on your back then it's added to your swim.  Same thing on the run.

[Janet]

Well,
 Come spring maybe keep Limestone in mind for a good transition between Try a tri?s and the Sprint. It is in Kingston, was mothers day this year (which was cold and horrible I know), but it is a pool swim (500m) 20km bike with some fairly good rolling hills, and a pretty run (5k)around the campus.Great BBQ afterwards,lots of prizes, I love it! Plan on being there again next year. Happy training