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Good luck đ the race itself sounds pretty straightforward. If your bothered about every second get there in plenty of time and get your transition organised and laid out properly don't
Let your number belt blow away, put your helmet on the tri bars if its windy or accidentally unhook the wire from your boa dial by chucking your shoes down carelessly. I've done all of those things and have done an extra lap of the bike on more than one occasion but my greatest ever fuck up was in my first ever triathlon on the bike i was just looking out for yellow arrows but followed some other yellow arrows all the way to a car boot sale đ so don't do that.
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Won my club sprint champs when a faster guy missed the turnaround sign and rode straight on at a roundabout, adding a few miles to the bike leg.
Another favourite was a mate who prepped everything with shoes on the bike. Heâs a pretty keen CX so flying mount no issues. Turns out that doesnât help when youâve put left shoe on the right pedal and right on leftâŚ
Only difference really from a duathlon @Tallboy is youâll have wet hands and feet from the swim, so it can be a faff if youâre planning on wearing socks. Short trainer-socks, half rolled open so that you arenât fumbling with wet feet getting stuck on fabric. Maybe a bit of talc in the socks.
Practice a couple of times etc.
Or just donât wear socks.Good luck, enjoy!
duncs
Any last minute tips for first triathlon on Sunday?
Iâve done some runs off the bike, Iâve got a number belt and silly laces from duathlons.
Itâs only a sprint, with pretty flat roads and run in an area I know, and itâs a pool swim so what can really go wrong?!