Great American Cooter Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

There is clearly something wrong with the swim & T1 splits. I was in transition, had gotten my wetsuit off and put most of my costume on by the time Chris came out of the water. Officially, his swim time was 25 seconds faster than mine. And it's highly unlikely that I pulled off a 1:10 T1 including putting on the costume. Real swim time was likely around 7:30.

See swim comment for T1 info. Getting the costume on went a bit easier than I expected, but still took some time.

Riding with a cape caused a lot more wind resistance than I was anticipating. At first I thought I had a tire going down. Also, it turns out I was getting sick, so that probably accounts for the unusually slow bike pace. Try as I might, I just couldn't turn the gear I normally do...always one less.

Decent T2 considering I almost forgot my theme music and had to run back to the bike.

This was fun. My lack of training was very evident, but it was nice to be out there just having fun and not really pushing it.

Talked with the race director when picking up the bikes from transition. He's now planning a costume division for next year.