Pittsburgh Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

No wetsuits with water temp at 83. I was happy with the swim, good pace and felt good coming out of the water.

Cool of the water

It started raining at the end of the swim and I got held up a bit trying to get my top on for the bike since it had cooled off.

I crashed at the start of the second lap. The road was wet and corning through one intersection by Heinz field, crossing a brick cross walk, I hit the deck. Road rash on the left side and was freaked that my bike was wrecked. The rear wheel popped out and the left hood was bent. Gathered myself, had some fans check the road rash, fixed the bike and started off for the second mountain climb. Lost some significant time but wanted to ensure the bike was ok for the downhill.

haha, not crash

small transition area

My left knee and hip where a distraction from the biff. Paced myself pretty well, used a watch this race which helped a lot. Finished strong and passed an fellow age grouper right at the end which made up for the crash.

I was milking a strained right quad and obviously the biting it on the bike.


It's a small race with little sponsorship and the bike course was less than desirable. Oh and no medics to look at road rash which quite a few people had due to the wet bike course. They were only helping if you were broken.