A new race on the calendar for this year, and it comes straight in as a Scottish Championship event.
I hadn't planned to do this race. I object to the £45 entry fee for a 35 minute race. It also doesn't fit well in my taper. I should be on a couple of light days this weekend with a view to a full taper next week. However, it is the same weekend that most of the countries top triathletes are in Lisbon for the European Champs, and it local to me, but awkward for central belt athletes, which has significantly cut down the quality of the field. With all this in mind my race strategy is based on only racing as long as I am in podium contention. If (or more likely when) I am clearly out of podium contention I will ease off. That might be difficult to judge depending on how the waves are split. I know a couple of the competitors in my race but there are several from the central belt that I won't recognise.
I am also going to take a precaution against blisters from going straight into a run with wet feet. One of the few benefits of cycling during triathlons is that my feet don't move in my cycling shoes and cycling time lets my feet dry off and massively reduces the risk of blisters from running without socks. Removing that drying time and normally I would risk the pain, but I am too close to my big race to take that risk so I will stop to put socks on in transition.
So no time targets for this race, as it has never been held before, so nothing to compare to. No real position targets at all, because I don't know the opposition well enough. It would be nice to get on the podium, but I don't care if I miss it. The only target that really jumps out is not to get hurt or injured before next week.
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