Florida Great Escape Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Swim was cancelled several days prior to event due to water temps around 51* F. Temp was slightly higher then that on race day but was still pretty chilly. Wish they would have waited until the day before to make that call and just make it a wetsuit mandatory race.

Started TT style with bike shoes, helmet and sunglasses already on. Went off on about 4-5 second intervals. Just ran in, grabbed my stuff and headed out.

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Had a couple problems getting one shoe clipped in. But got off and running pretty well. Probably pushed harder then I should have on the first lap, but was feeling good. The main hill in the park hit me pretty hard the first loop. I was in the wrong gearing and tried to stay seated the entire time. Did better on that hill the second loop. Not exactly sure but was high 24min on the first loop and negative split the second. So happy with the bike. Although I think it was short at only about 17.2.

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As I hopped off I loosened up my front skewer. I need to make that tighter before races. Also smack my wheel off the racked bike next to mine. But overall not a bad T2. Putting my right shoe on I got a massive hip flexor cramp.

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Wasn't feeling great and hated the soft sand, but kept pushing hard. Nothing special here, but had a pretty good run.

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Walked around, got into transition and changed and took my bike to my car. Then got food and watched the pros race.


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I liked the race course. Maybe minus the sand traps we run through. Not real happy about the swim, but not much you can do. Awards were done in the silent award fashion. Just check results and pick-up your award. Liked this because awards cememories just take forever. Awesome to watch the pros race.