Nautica South Beach Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim went great for me. I did not push too hard and just swam nice and steady. I did not wear a wetsuit as the water was a great temp and I thought I would get really hot with the long run up the beach and the very long transition area. Slower than goal time due to crowded start and long run up the beach.

Nothing.

Racks were assigned by bib number ranges. I had a good spot next to a building, so easy to find. Transition area was HUGE! I ran moderately fast the whole way in and then out while holding my bike. I had my shoes on the bike already and I had no problem getting them on.

Nothing. Drank one big swallow of water from bottle in transition.

Borrowed a bike from a fellow BTer from Florida, cuetoy. It was an older Cannondale roadie which was a bit small for me but worked great. Nice semi-aero wheels with bladed spokes that rolled super smooth and smooth-shifting 105 components. Thanks Yuset! It is always fun to blow by riders on their $5,000 TT bikes. I could tell I was in flatland as I passed many on the causeway hills and was never passed myself. I stayed in the big ring the whole time and enjoyed standing to crest each hill as I got to stretch my legs.

Nothing really unless hassle to bring my own bike. Crushed my goal of 19.5 mph. Finished one bottle of water on the bike.

Good tran for me. Got feet out of shoes with about 200 yards to go and dismounted and began moving into transition quickly. Took about 3 drinks of water from the bottle in transition.

Nothing except maybe take an extra ten sconds and drink more.

I wanted to run sub 7:30 miles as a stretch goal and was doing great as my first mile split was around 7:20, but then the wheels came off. I began to overheat big time at about the 1.5 mile mark and had to slow down and walked through water stations and doused myself and drank. Never could get it going again, especially the last mile where I had to walk some as I was afraid of getting sick or passing out. Many people needed help and no surprise there as I found out later that the heat index was around 86 by the time I started the run.

Drink more, run slower, train more, especially in hot conditions which is difficult coming from Minnesota! I don't feel I trashed myself on the bike really as my first 1.5 miles on the run were very solid. I have biked faster too. My biking goal time was low as I was borrowing a road bike, so too many unknowns to have high expectations.

Was very light headed. Grabbed the cold towels and water they had and rested in the shade. Had to lower my head to my knees a few times to help with the light-headedness. Yuck. Ate a banana and some of a bagel and tried the coconut water which I thought was terrible.


Overheated on the run big time and did not have my TT bike.


Very well organized for a huge race. The event start was fun with the lead singer from the band Survivor singing the national anthem and then their signature song, "Eye of the Tiger". The expo the day before was fun. My only suggestion would be to uncrowd the finish area some by stretching it out and having officials move the finishers along more and I would have a large tent in the middle solely to provide shade for the athletes to watch the awards, etc.