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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. He’s a pretty keen CX so flying mount no issues. Turns out that doesn’t help when you’ve put left shoe on the right pedal and right on left…
Only difference really from a duathlon @Tallboy is you’ll have wet hands and feet from the swim, so it can be a faff if you’re planning on wearing socks. Short trainer-socks, half rolled open so that you aren’t fumbling with wet feet getting stuck on fabric. Maybe a bit of talc in the socks.
Practice a couple of times etc.
Or just don’t wear socks.Good luck, enjoy!
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Thanks, I was hoping to not bother with socks but that’s a good tip. Number belt blowing away is a good one! I hadn’t thought of that. I was planning to have a very small towel under my shoes just to dry my face before I put glasses on.
Main issue will be finding my stuff when I get out of the pool without glasses!
Tallboy
Good luck 👍 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 😂 so don't do that.