Nautica Malibu Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Swim went well but i really needed to do more of it freestyle
water 64F so no wetsuit for this Draft Horse
It was chilly in the air this AM so i wore a throw away tshirt until 10 secs to go . No warm up . I consider the swim the warm up so i only start to race once i am on the beach again.
Relaxed a little after first buoy. Arms felt good , little or no fatigue so my effort was at the right level, breathing was good , pacing was good . Sighting was excellent, with slight pause with 1 arm up front to glide and roll , Like a long swim in the pool where you cant let yourself go anaerobic . Its hard to hold back because there are swimmers all around and you want to pass or go faster. I got many good smacks on the legs from swimmers that were a little eratic on the way to the first buoy .
At the second buoy I started to catch people in the earlier wave , different coloured caps , and they were easy to pass. So that is motivating. All that work on my swimming has paid some dividends.....
Should have started on the outside left to avoid having to swim against the current. But then the right side had much less traffic so that worked out well too.

Do more of it freestyle . I did a mixture .

Did all i had to do , locate bike , put shirt on, glasses , HR belt , extra tube , helmet , socks and bike shoes .
its a heck of a long Transition area
I ran all of it either barefoot or in bike shoes passing people in transition area
4th of the group of 14 for T1
quickly stepped on the bike in a low gear and started passing where there was space


Went great , could have saved 10-15 secs so time if i did the bike leg in a pink speedo and barefoot !

Bike went well although my rear bontrager rim was cracked the week before the race with 2-3 loose spokes and wobbling pretty good . I loosened my rear brake all the way so it would not rub, and prayed it would not deteriorate during the race so i avoided jumping the speed bumps in the parking lot .
Rode for a while with two roadies drafting on the bike leg , was going to say something as we neck to neck for 4 miles or so but then at Leo , the turnaround , they went straight ! I am glad i kept my mouth shut as They were not racing ... Played cat and mouse with a ton of decent AG riders so i had an excellent ride which was key to my PR on the course. One girl passed me on the bike with excellent legs and undies over her race suit
saying jen won! with a word on each ass cheek. LOL . She was motoring up the grades pretty good and was sadly soon out of sight. Made sure i rode as hard as possible past all the DWks shirts while on the bike. For bragging rights as much as for fun ..


Brought the bum rear wheel to Eddie my bike mechanic after the race and he put a new one on per bonrager's 5 year warranty
I should have done this Friday before the race.

This went very well . I was 5th of the group of 14 in T2 .
Ran the whole way in bike shoes
Unclipped shoes 100 m before and side stepped with bike in motion at the dismount line
Just racked bike , switched shoes took helmet off , took 1 water and took off


nothing it was good T2

Run went well , it was overcast so that helped a lot keep me from overheating
I had drunk some gatorade on the bike and ate before the race so i was well fueled up.
At my first mile my watch said 10 mins but i felt i was faster from the effort , after that time check i kept pushing harder and held the HR around 172 and the pace dropped down to 9:10 which was harder but i could hold .
I was happy all the years training was paying off not with faster splits but with
delivering me to the run start on much fresher legs than ever before .
I felt really good after a mile and had the same felling as like i was just running a standalone 10k on fresh legs . As opposed to running on fumes and defaulting to my tired slower long run pace

Run faster and overtake some Clydesdale on the run.

walk , cheer the rest of the DW team
Sat down for the tasty fundraiser brunch.
Hang out at the main stage to check results but it was impossible to figure out , the seemed to be just listed by time but then plenty of names were missing . Heard them announcing Clydesdale awards
and heard my name so made a beeline for the Podium :)
Placed Third this week so another podium finish for this Big Draft Horse .
Medal and ribbon were fabulous looking :)
Even my family were impressed by the medal. LOL

PR'ed the course


Better swim mechanics , Loose weight , get bike fixed before the race
Yeah i could have used my wetsuit to swim a little faster but i am more confortable without it , especially when the water is a georgous 64F . And my bike and run leg are better when i dont use it.




Placed Third this week so another podium finish for this Big Draft Horse .

PR'ed the course by 2 min




Celebs i saw were Cindy Crawford , That actor dude Matt McCon... ..

Macca coming out of the water and into T1 , man ___ he is Super FAST !