Liberty Triathlon - Long Course - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Although my time wasn't all that great I am pretty happy with this swim. Managed to stay in contact with a bunch of people and kept my swim split to within less than 4 minutes of Tom, which for me is huge. Managed a 5th fastest swim split for my AG which is unheard of. I guess swim training is paying off.

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Windy day today. I didn't get a chance to re-mount my Ergomo powermeter so I couldn't see the display very well during the ride. I didn't feel like I was pushing hard enough on the first lap and couldn't see my wattage output or speed so I was going totally on perceived effort. Managed to catch several riders but then it got hard to pick off targets because the Oly racers started to mix in with the long course racers. My hamstrings were tight most of the ride and I was really nervous about blowing one of them out but they held up fairly well.

Re-mount my Ergomo computer so I can see the watts and speed

Was curious how my hamstrings were going to hold up. Even though the right one was tight I could stride fairly well. I had one target up ahead of me that took me several miles to reel in. I managed to keep the pace at 6:45-7:00 depending on the terrain and felt pretty decent. About a mile before the turnaround I could see Tom ahead of me. At the turnaround Tom stopped to take a drink but I made the turn without stopping and went by him. We both encouraged each other and I pushed on. With about 4 miles left to go the right hamstring was getting tighter and going up inclines became tougher and my stride got messed up. I watched my mile splits creep up over 8:00 and now just wanted to get this thing finished. The guy I passed first managed to re-pass me with a mile left and I tried to hang on to him but he got me be about 20 sec at the finish. Not a great run, but a good training day.

Not much. Did the best I could with tight hamstrings (broken record)

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Tight hamstrings. I was hoping to closer to 4:30 in this race but its still early in the season. Maybe not totally recovered from last weekends training camp and hamstring pull a week ago.


This was our first time at Liberty and really enjoyed it. The venue was awesome with lots of green space, picnic areas, trails and nice lake. The post-race food left a little to be desired. Lots of volunteers and overall a very nice race.

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