Vulkanlandtriathlon (Sprintdistance 0,75 * 25 * 5 km) on 08.06.2014 at the foot of Riegersburg:
It has been my second triathlon within the last week and I have been a lot more experience that the last one (e.g. for the first time I got a folding box for storing all my stuff). After putting all my stuff into the transition zone I noticed that the temperature increased every minute.
At 10:30 the start signal was given for the whole athletes. It was a start out of the water and all in all there were 2 and a half laps to go in the small lake. The first metre to the first turn towards the right were horrible. I have made the mistake to start in the centre of the field, therefore, I thought that this will be the worst 750 metre ever. But after the first buoy I managed to leave the middle of the field and could swim my own speed.
At the exit of the transition zone I somehow lost a gel, so I just had one left. The first kilometers were quiet nice and I was able to overtake a lot of other athletes. But I was still thinking that I have to keep some rest for the case that the course gets more difficult at some point. On of the athletes I was overtaking told me that there will be an ascent at the end of the course.
After the second time in the transition zone I finally noticed that it is really hot and I was happy that this is just a sprint distance race. Turned out that the run was directed towards the center of Riegersburg and from there back to the lake again. Two laps with a lot of altitude difference. During the ascent I had to walk a short distance as most of the other athletes because this part was too steep.
I finished my second triathlon competition in 1:25:42,20 on the 31st rank in overall and on 9th in my class (elite-I-M).