North East Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I tried to stay towards the outside and not get caught up in all of the rush with being close to the bouys. I hung inbetween these two guys for the first half of the race but their naviations was all over the place. Kept crossing my path which threw me off completely. I had to stop and make my way around them (a little frustrating).

Made the turn and heading towards home. I noticed a different color cap surrounding me though. It was the group that started after us. Ugh! Man I'm slow in this water! I tried to tag along to a little train line and got blown away in the water by that group. Got out of the water and just took my time going through T1. Tried to catch my breath and talked to a guy who had a broken foot so he wasn't running through T1 at all.

Sight a little better and get used to being kicked and with the crowd.

Much better getting my shoes on and getting my composure for a 40k ride. First time wearing tri shorts for the race so I was sure my butt would be sore.

Run through T1 and RELAX! But considering this race was "for fun" with my limited training for this.

Got out to a decent pace and passed a few people. Felt good and had a good pace for the first half of the ride (similar to Fridays ride). Then my lower back started to tighten up and sucked the wind out of my and any umph in my legs. Then the fast guys came from the 30-35 year old group. Man they can sure fly. Ended up getting passed by probably 12-20 people. Sorta lost count to be honest. Got near the end and started to hammer it.

I unstrapped my shoes and while jumping off the bike I lost my left shoe. Good thing Kim (Steves gf) picked it up for me. I ran into T2 and tried to really pick up the pace here from the last race.

Goal for this fall and early winter is to get stronger on the bike. Climb climb climb. No questions asked. I really hope to crush Columbia and lead myself into a strong Eagleman showing on the bike.

Took my time to put my shoes on still didn't have the yanks! Saw my buddy Bert who wasn't too far behind me. He killed the bike. Put everything together and tried to focus for a good run.

Yanks, and faster transition. GET RUNNING MAN!

HORRIBLE! I started out with too much fluid in my stomach. Got to mile #1 and had issues. Walked for a bit until it felt okay to run again. Started running and then ... guess what... my cramps in my quads rise again. Honestly WTF! I thought this issue was gone.

I get to the first aid station around mile 2.25ish and take in some water and some of the wet ice cold rags. Felt great. I started pacing with this other guy who seemed to be doing the same sorta aid station walk processes.

Hitting the turn around I tried to muster up some energy and keep going. Seeing the BT kids every now and then made it better for about 30-45 seconds and then back to the suffering.

Around this time I was about 3.5 miles into the run and the heat finally hit me. I met this guy Adrian and tried to keep pace with him for the rest of the run. I lagged on the last aid station and told him to go ahead. Christy came blazing by and I tried to keep pace with her for about 2 mins (could stay).

Started to feel light headed, and felt very very hot. I got to the last turn to the finish (maybe 300 yards) and tried to muster up a decent kick. Came around to the last final stretch and came across the first timing mat (the one they can be able to call your name). I stopped I felt like I was going to hurl if I went any further.

The announcer goes "Your almost there the finish is up here." I quickly muster some yell back. " I know I'm ... going to puke.. blow chunks" I honestly have no idea at this point.

I cross the finish line and lay in the shade for about 10 mins and start to gain my composure back. I was pretty out of it to say the least.

Well run more.. and run in heat more. I have figured out that running is my weakest event there is. I need to run more from now until Eagleman (even though its a ways away). Re-focus... re-focus

Got as much water as I could in me to calm me down and hung out with some BT kids while getting food


Heat?! and Running condition. If I did my usual 10k pace I would have been around a 2:50ish which would be mush more respectable. Oh well


Good race, very well organized and neat little town to ride around. Hot Hot hot! Water being 85 degrees and the outside temps near 90 makes it a little hard to race. I guess I have to get used to this for Eagleman then.