Tempe International Triathlon Race Report

Ooohhh, look how shiny my bike is!

Today was the Tempe International Triathlon. This was my first triathlon of the year, which is hard to believe. There have been other races, but have had prior commitments that kept me from them. Given that it was my first race, I decided to just do the Sprint. 400m swim, 12.5 mi bike, 3.1 mi run. Just a little outing to get myself back into race mode. The race went fairly well. My unofficial time on my watch was 1:16.36. My goal was 1:15, so I wasn’t far off. I had everything on pace to break it until the run. The dreaded, and seemingly constant, cramps (side stitches) after getting off the bike persisted. I don’t know what the issue is. I thought was drinking too much fluid, but I only had about 10 oz of Accelerade over the short bike, so that’s not it. This also does not typically happen when I do BRICK workouts. If anyone has an answer here, I’d love to hear it.

Here is the race report video. A fun day in Tempe. I’m so happy to be back racing again.