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Transition is often called the fourth discipline of triathlon. As such it's something you should
think about, you should consciously make a plan for, and you should practice. You can
bring your bike to the pool, to your local pool, have it outside or have it on the deck
or whatever. Or you can lay out a towel and you can practice hopping out of the pool,
running to the bike, changing gears,put on the helmet, put on the shoes, put on the glasses
and taking off. Another transition that's really easy to practice is the bike to run.
You can do that in your driveway. When you come in from your bike ride you can have your
towel laid out with your shoes and you can practice it. But like anything else, the more
time you spend practicing it, the more you'll refine the little details and fine things
to do quicker and you'll become more efficient at it. Scott Tinley once said to save thirty
seconds on a bike takes a lot of work. You can save thirty seconds of transition and
exert no energy. So obviously that's real important for racing to the best of your ability.
But make a plan, find out where the best place is to lay your helmet,where the best place
is to put your sunglasses, what things you really need in there, what things you don't
and then get into that routine and stick with it and then practice that routine repeatedly.