Midwest Meltdown - TriathlonSprint

Swimming for me is just an obstacle before the race starts....

I haven't swam sense my last race a few weeks ago..... so with that being said I would swim more

The run from the water to bike is really short... The transition area was really crowded next time I should be there by 5am

This is the last race of the year.... next year my goal will be to have my shoes clipped into my pedals

I wasn't looking forward to racing on wet roads so I made the best out of the situation.... The number one goal NO CRASHING.... goal accomplished!!!... The route for this race is extremely hilly with rough roads, sharp corners.

Everything started out fine passing fast swimmers :-) left-n-right.... Every intersection had either a cop or a volunteer directing us which is fine BUT the people directing us didn't give me a warm-n-cozy feeling because they were not being vocal enough (I know it's my response ability to know the course but come on!!!) I would approach an intersection and at the last second they would point me down the right road....

Pedaling a long I noticed that the route seemed wrong from the last time I was on the course (I had ridden the course once before) sure enough they had directed me down the wrong course... I was on the long course!!! (totally my fault cause I wasn't paying attention)

In the end I would find out that I wasn't alone... some folks doing the long ended up doing the short and some doing the short ended up doing the long


I would know the course better

I had a good transition location so it seemed fast

Next year will be the "Riding with feet on top of shoes"

At this point knowing the mistake on the bike I almost said FORGET IT!!! I wanna DNF..... But figured I needed the miles for the September Challange... Running along I saw my good buddy Speedball (aka Tucker) then I saw IKENTRI on his last mile of the run (great) then I saw my nemesis and good friend Kpallen (aka Kevin)

Seeing Kevin tracking me down made me start sprinting with about 1.4 miles remaining (Thanks Kev your the greatest)

I will do some speedwork before next race season