Charlottesville International Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

weather was good, lake was flat and still. no wetsuits. swim went fairly well, got better at sighting and went out feeling strong. by the second lap arms were getting a bit tired, and was catching people from the wave that went behind us - but mostly just straglers so they were easy enough to pass. getting out of the water was a run up a short hill to transition area.

slow as crap.

i had heard that the bike was a large hill for the first mile (and last) and flat for the rest. it was very hilly, the hilliest course ive been on so far. felt like i was either going 30 or 10, which is probably true since i averaged a 19.6. passed 3 people on the first uphill (i thought it was going to be the only one), and other than 3 or so people passing me i was all alone the whole ride. in the last mile i saw a few people alot closer behind me than any other time throughout the course, but i held them off because we were all slowing down to start running anyways.

slow again

ugh. was a trail about 8" wide with roots and rocks and twists and turns. i did not like this run at all, couldn't judge distance very well and couldn't get speed - and when i did get speed half the time i had trouble passing people. its hard to push yourself to go around someone when you are already hurting and can just hang in behind them and rest for a bit. my kick (200ish meters) was phenomenal, even though no one was around, i just had too much energy left.

was not ready for the run trail.