Pewaukee Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Strategy was to stay wide on the course to avoid all the traffic of the crowded course. Course was a bit narrow to first buoy and there was no real way to avoid traffic, lots of stop and go and swimming around people. After first turn, found clear water and tried to push my pace. Stayed in clear until last 100 yard when things really jammed up again. Surprised that this took as long as it did. On the bright side, was out of the water in 9:20, which is about 2:07 pace. Ok for me.

swim faster, I heard that works sometimes for getting out of the water quicker.

Considering my transition spot was in another time zone, this is actually acceptable. On the bright side my wet suit came off with ease.

As I was running out of transition Charles Benson was coming in, I yelled "Go get 'em Charles!" That took some effort and I think it might have hurt my time down the line.

Well before this race, I had my bike in for a full tune up and had my back tire (had been damaged) replaced. I was ready to go! Started out feeling strong and passing and weaving around lots of folks. About 2 miles in I began hearing a ka-thuk, ka-thunk kind of sound. I thought to myself, wow that sounds just like when I had blow-out in my tire in May. Nah, the bike Gods would not be that cruel to... 'POP' Back tire blows out. Get off to assess the situation, then Charles Benson goes past me. Coincidence?? (yes I believe so) Get tire off, old tube out and new tube in, in 3 minutes. That is lightning fast for me. Then came my first experience with the Co2 cartridges. That did not go well...at all. Finally course sweeper came and offered me a ride back. DNF!! My Day was done. On the brightside, I didn't crash, got new tube in in 3 minutes and can always have the illusion that I WOULD have had a good ride, but for this flat.

Practice working with Co2 cartridges, so I could have gotten it right when it mattered.

Walked my bike in to T2. Still had my chip on and said, what the hell.

Ride my bike in the front door.

Well after only 5 miles on the bike, legs were very fresh. However this is a tough course. I just decided to pour it on. I was passing people like crazy. I kind of felt bad and wanted to say to them, "I would be slower if I had actually done the bike course." On the bright side this was a course PR for me by over a minute ( although doesn't really count)

biked 15.5 miles before this. As far as run itself, went better than I could have hoped for.

Found the Donkey crowd, ate, drank and was merry.


Dispite, the crowds, race was run well this year, although it sure would be nice to have some bike support on course for idiots who can't properly change a tire. After a deeply disappointing race at High Cliff, I have decided to just enjoy the rest of the season, no matter what. I sure got to test that theory for this race.