WILD ON WINDSOR - TriathlonOlympic

Not a good swim. This is beginning to sound like a broken record. Had a difficult time with the wind chop and my navigation was really bad from the start to the first buoy...maybe 400m. I did get into a bit of a groove from the first to the second buoy, but lost my mojo as I rounded number two and headed for the exit. right into the wind and I seemed to just not have any momentum...felt it took forever. Exited and was just pretty glad to have that over with.

I wish I knew

Felt OK. Nothing great, average.

Felt like the effort and pace were good, but just didn't feel like I ever got into a real groove. The wind was somewhat gusty, it was cool and there was a very light mist... enough to make for a very cool (as in chilly) bike. The road was generally dry, but ther were a few corners that were a bit slippery, and one 1/4 mile section of gravel... love road construction. It was a solid bike, but not a great bike. Maybe a 7 on a 10 scale.

Given the limited bike training in the 8-weeks prior to the 8/30 race date, I think this result was as good as I could have hoped for. The focus since mid-July was really running and while my run was pretty good for me, my bike was average. So it is. There are other things in life besides training 12-15 hours a week.

This transition was a bit better than T1 7th fastest in age group.

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This was a real good run for me. I found a good pace about 1/2 mile into the run, and was able to maintain a 7:30-7:40 pace for the entire race. I felt my pacing was just about optimal for my level of conditioning. I could not have pushed any harder and I had absolutely nothing left in the tank at the finish.

Nothing. The run focus beginning mid-July paid dividends at this race, and this was easily my best run of the season.

Drank a bottle of water and ate a gel right away. Then waited at the finish area for Meredith and others to finish. It was kinda cool and was anxious to get packed up and get into a hot shower as son as possible.


It was the end of a long season and my training for swim and bike suffered over the six weeks leading up to this race. I really did not put in the volume or the right type of training to have an better result than I got. That said, I am pleased with my performance and was glad to end the season with a good run after the bike and decent overall result.


Below average race, with marginal post race food... one (yes only one per racer) piece of cold Domino's pizza. Really guys... could you not do a little better than that? The bike course had a 1/4 mile section of gravel/road under construction which was not well marked. The run course was poorly marked and a number of runners missed the detour through the neighborhood on the second lap..resulting in their times being faster by 5 -7 minutes than they should have been. Too bad, this really could have been a kick-ass race and venue. Smallish, but fast, field with a couple Pros and elite age groupers, pretty typical for Colorado though.