But does it provide an aero advantage? Otherwise, it's useless.





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Try to go about your race day preparation calmly. Try to allow plenty of time, but if you don't have time for your desired bike or run warm up, do some aquajogging during the swim warm up time.

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Take everything I say with a grain of salt. I know nothing.

Purchase new gear (or bike) at the end of your triathlon season. Then use your off season and early training stages to try things out and replace if necessary.

I never do the flying mount . I just step on the left shoe, swing my foot over the the other shoe and pedal off.
Never do shoe on bike mount without a hell of a lot of practice. It'll just slow you down.
If I recall Emilio and Monty never do them. period.

And, I never start with shoes on bike if the exit from T1 is a steep hill that doesn't flatten out for a while. It's just too hard to get feet in and strapped under those conditions, at least for me.

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Take everything I say with a grain of salt. I know nothing.

Don't panic.

Don't start too hard.

Arrive early and warm-up all 3 sports. Check out the swim-in, swim-out, bike-in, bike-out and run-in (just for my Du friends), run-out and the finish line. Where those are and a little visualization is nice.

Funny things is making sure your in one gear up at bike-out. Spinning in the beginning 200-300 yards cools the stomach and jitters.

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this. don't jeopardize your 70.3 or 140.6 mile race day because of a 1.2 or 2.4 mile swim. used to lifeguard at steelhead, and one year i was at one of the first buoys, maybe 200m in. I had people hanging on my kayak. it's a good thing we got paid well, because it was stressful as hell!

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"The person on top of the mountain didn't fall there." - unkown

also rule 5

My favorites are Imodium the night before the race, and eating enough the night before so that I don't need to eat anything in the morning. For longer races I will eat a handful of mixed nuts trail mix, which is very good for blood sugar levels.

With regards to my wedding ring: I use waterproof medical tape to wrap around my ring finger.
It only has to last long enough for me to exit the swim. But it usually lasts longer.

Odd � I take it the morning of... I feel like if I were to take it the night before, it wouldn't last

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1. When awaiting race start, carry a couple wet wipes in a plastic baggie in case you need a last minute trip to the potty. Nothing like needing that last-minute trip and finding none of the shitters have any TP left.
2. Hold on to your shorts when the wetsuit strippers pull down.
3. Elastic laces on the running shoes.
4. When running through transition with your bike, hand goes on saddle not handlebars.

Through races or training events, figure out how hard you can bike and still be able to run to your ability.. it is a delicate balance but don't try to save 10 minutes on the bike and give back 30 on the run. On race day, it is the total race time that matters not having the ride of your life.

Keep 1/2 a roll of toilet paper in a ziploc bag in your triathlon bag. And bring it with you to the port a john.

Practice your race nutrition during training and practice with whatever you plan to wear during your race. More appropriate for long distance. Used to carry most of my nutrition in the 3 pockets of my bike jersey during long bike rides. Day of race, realize my race top only has one pocket. Had to get creative with storing the rest of the nutrition.

Bring 2 pairs of sunglasses. One for bike and one for run. I find I tend to sweat into the lenses on the bike and end up running with smeared lenses on the run if I don't swap them out.

Rack the bike in the small chain ring so you can take off quicker.

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10 minutes of training is better than zero. 10 min is enough to get a short spin or run or 10 min of core work in. It all adds up. 4x10min in a week 52 weeks is an extra 34 hours of training. That's like 2 extra weeks of 17 hour weeks. It all adds up to more than the guy not taking these opportunities.

have fun

1) Relax.

2) Bring about a third of the stuff you were planning on bringing race morning.

Number two will help immensely with number one. I find most of the stress of race day is organization related. Less stuff to worry about = less stress = more fun.

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Long Chile was a silly place.

Related to number 2, all items must fit into a small backpack and you should be able to ride in and out of the race venue. (now I realize some races you can't ride into because you drop your bike the day before, but the small backpack limitation applies regardless).

Same. Flying mounts look cool, but I'll leave them to the pros. The risk/reward just isn't worth it for me.

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Doing tri 10 years & just learned that one. I wish I would have read your tip before IM Tahoe. I spent about 2 miles doing the one fist drill as to not loose my ring.

I don't see this one listed. Get a professional bike fit. Aside from doing all the training consistently & technically sound by refining it day after day--the bike fit for sure. If you're in a powerful/comfortable position you can ride longer, faster & have less impact to your run.

I've seen so many athletes rig a bike fit themselves & cramp themselves up by the end of the bike, that a walk-run or waddle is what they're left with.

lololol

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Me too. Mine is a bit different though: I have my right shoe at 12:00 and pretty wide open. I approach from the left side of the bike, swing my right leg over the seat and my right foot goes right into the shoe at which point I push off with my left foot and push down with my right. A couple of quick pedals and I have enough momentum to coast and get my left foot in.

Same here too. I used to do flying mounts until during a race, I did a flying mount and the ''shock'' made me loose one of my bottles. Not worth that risk...

You made me run today. After a long day of celebrating our daughters first birthday/Valentine's Day with cookouts and family I did not want to do my run. Then I remembered seeing this post earlier.

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