Galloway Captiva Triathlon - Triathlon

Started in the front for the run into the water. Start was solid. With where the tide was the water got to a decent depth pretty fast, so water running was a minimal. got swimming quickly and was in the first group around the first buoy. I was able to draft, however , they all ended up being much slower swimmers. I was in the final wave so we started catching and passing people from the prior waves about half way thru. Minimal collisions with other swimmers. The swim felt good, and very happy with the performance.

more swim practice in OW. I did almost all my swimming in a pool. I forgot how much I prefer OW, but with a great lap pool 3 minutes from home....

MY transition time was fine with the distance to travel from the beach to T1. Feet dried and sock and shoes put on. Helmet and sunglasses, grabbed the bike and running out of T1

Nothing.

I crushed the bike this year. However, I was on a hybrid last year and now a road bike with clip-on bars. I ride this course as part of one of my ride routes so I know it well. Since I was in the last wave the course was fairly crowded for my ride. No issues and the ride went great.

I would go a little harder... not much.

easy transition from cycling shoes to running shoes. grab race belt and hat, putting race belt on my way out of T2

nothing, it was very smooth.

Run was solid. I was able to pace myself pretty well. No issues on the run.

Go a little harder.

Water and walking....


Every aspect of the race was fantastic and I will do it again. The swag bags for this event were "virtual" translation, coupons. Dumbest thing ever. I would recommend not bothering with a "virtual swag bag" again. Swag bags are great for samples of stuff that I now use because I got a sample "Biofreeze and Cliff Shots" are two offhand examples.

Bottom line: I look forward to this event next year!