Minor Gains...

So how much is this "minor improvement" in my Corporate Triathlon timing over my OSIM Sprint Triathlon attempt? Being the geek that I am, I actually did up a small spreadsheet which says:

SWIM:
3% Improvement - Marginal, I thot it would be more than that since I front crawled the whole distance. I did feel a lot more comfortable both during and after the swim compared to OSIM (no cramps and sense of vomiting after swim this time), but I am pretty disappointed with the minor improvement here. Boy do I need those swimming lessons! :(

BIKE:
11% Improvement - Whoa! This is pretty huge considering that I did not ride much at all (a total of 8 rides in almost 4 months!). It was also a technically slower distance (they halved the course and doubled the number of laps from OSIM). So I gotta attribute it to the Scott CR1. Probably also helped that I eased up a bit on the swim so this time I did not have to slow down because of cramps, etc...

RUN:
7% Improvement - Minor improvement, so the treadmill sessions while I was travelling paid off, I guess. Still trying to get below 30mins for the 1km run in a Tri/Brick though...

OVERALL:
8% Improvement - Like I said, minor improvement, which is probably in line with the training level that I put in.

Tri on!