The Nation's Triathlon - Triathlon

Surprised at how slow i was, nearly the time of my HIM swim. I didn't feel like I was off-course terribly, though I did drift somewhat at the beginning. Washington monument shape was novel.

Swim for real. Introduce myself to the amateur proctologists I met in the water.

I'm surprised this didn't take longer considering the distance to transition.

My shifting was off, ever since having it tuned up by the tech. Shifting to big ring was off. The back gears would have to be all the way to smallest or the front wouldn't shift. Took me a while to figure out how to work it.

Ride in better shoes to avoid hot spots. Good thing I picked up new shoes after race.

Took my time.

Run faster. Duh.

Walk with family to metro approx 243 miles away, by their estimation.


Usual suspects, and finally identified bike shoe issues.


Low score for post race based on the food tent. Almost empty for athletes when I arrived. Spectators were supposed to have food to buy, but the vendor closed down early. Little kids can be cranky when tired hungry and thirsty. I snagged them water at finish and the last cookie and peanuts from athlete table. Took no more than would I would normally eat, gave it to them. Also, it should never happen that a race doesn't have the finisher medals at the finishing line.