Tribob Sprint Series 3 - Sprint

This is my first 3 discipline event this year! what a slow start compared to last year! But i coudn't handle anything further or longer given my current flabbiness. lol. This race is really relax cos i reach there almost 8am and still got time to dilly dally. And until 9am then i see the first wave charging into the shoreline. Honestly my buddy and i didn't quite know what was going on and did not know how many waves there were until we saw all the remant mens of all shapes and sizes began to line up at the start line; then we realised we have got to go. And yes we were in the "Men's Fun" wave!

The swim was surprisingly short for me as i did it well under 16min (out from water) which i quite doubted. After the race i checked with my buddy he also felt the swim course was a little under 750m, we suspected this was due to low tide. Well it's PB anyway. haha. I just sold my very good BLUE bike (bye) the day before the race and and to scramble to loan an oversized hybrid bike with braided wheels to do my bike leg - painful. I knew i was going really hard on the pedals and still not moving fast like i wanted to. Well at least i got a bike to do the race i thought to myself and instantly felt grateful to my bro Tim who so generously lent me his ride. Oh when it came to the run my first 1000m was lik super slow (over 7min) and i thought to myself i better push harder or else my target of 90min would be blown. Unfortunately, my powergel boost came only at the 2km mark and i finished my last 3km with a decent over 5min/km.

Overall, i felt good as i was close to my target and i actually rewarded myself with a KFC family feast the evening before the race! hahaha. Kudos to Tri-Bob for the well organised series! Ready to sign up for next race.

Event: Tribob Sprint Series 3 - Sprint (750m Swim-20km Bike-5km Run)

Date: 19th April 2009

Venue: Changi Ferry Terminal

Bib No: 2

Age Group: 25-29

POS: 58/108

Results:

Swim split - 17:42min

T1 - 2:01min

Bike split - 40:17min

T2 - 1:29min

Run split - 31:26min

Combined - 1hr 32min 55sec