Race Preview - Turriff Triathlon

Here is my race preview for the 2014 race.

My times for the 2014 race were:

Swim 760m in 13:12
Bike 12.6 miles in 43:14
Run 3.0 miles in 21:12

Here is my race report for the 2014 race.

All in all I had a pretty good race last year. But with the new bike and the good weather that was really to be expected. Obviously with the way training has been going this year and the last 7 weeks of full-time training I expect to go faster again. I would love to go about 4 minutes faster, which would put me in amongst last years times for the people I want to be beating. That might be ambitious as I would have to do almost all of that on the bike leg.

I can maybe make 30 seconds or so in the water, maybe not as Turriff is a funny short pool with handrails that are going to make my turns risky. Maybe a minute on the run, I am running better so that is maybe possible. That leaves me looking for nearly 3 on the bike. I am biking well, but 7% better than a day with already nice weather is a big ask.

So for target setting I am going to play it a little bit safe and aim at beating last years times for everything. And a target to total under 1 hour 18. That is half way from last year to where I really want to be.