The swim is arguably the toughest thing to cope with for most triathletes. The thought of being in a body of water with a bunch of strangers all trying to get to the finish as fast as possible can definitely cause some anxiety. THE MASS START The first triathlons always employed what is called a “mass start”. This means that absolutely everyone in the race lines up at the start line at the exact same time. A gun is fired. And then everyone starts the swim together. Elbows fly

It’s finally race day!! You’ve put the the hard word training and the weekend is finally here! Whether you are traveling local or flying to another country there is no worse feeling than digging through your stuff and realizing that you forgot something. Use this prep list to make life easier and run thru it once or twice prior to departing for the race. PRE-RACE All races have different transition areas and set-ups. Some point-to-point races might even have two transition ar