Kansas City Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Amazingly calm at the start of this swim- no nerves at all. Wind created quite an interesting swim. Started right in the middle of the pack. We had a decent size wave with all competitors over 30 starting at the same time. Handled the physical contact MUCH better than my last OWS tri- no panicking today even with two straight breaths of longview lake early on.

I swam very hard throughout and was crushed when I saw my swim time. Only now that I have seen the complete results do I feel better about it. Last time I swam in this lake I finished in the bottom third, today I was top ten and fastest in my AG by almost a minute. The water was rough, but I think it HAD to also be a bit long as i was expecting something in the 1:40/100 range.

1st transition I have ever done with having to strip my wetsuit. Fastest T1 I have ever had by almost a minute.

Really like this bike course. It was a good mix of flats and hills. Wind was brutal through a few miles on the backstretch. Not my best effort on the bike, but was satisfied considering the conditions. Dropped my chain going up a hill about mile 4- cost me about 20-30 seconds. Also had a couple of guys walking out of the transition area chatting about the swim blocking the whole road- rude.

Probably could have gone a bit harder on the bike, but I haven't done any fast rides during my HIM training and didn't know for sure how my legs would handle me trying to push it.

Decent T2. Remembered to take off my helmet this time

Not quite the run I was looking for, but not too bad either. Really expected to be able to run this around 21, but just didn't have it in me today.

Jogged around yelling at my buddies still on the course.


First multisport podium- nice! Most of the big competition was in the olympic race today, but I'll take the win any way I can get it. Really went into this race with no expectations other than to get a little swim confidence and knock the rust off before IM KS in two weeks. I knew I had suffered some speed loss in the last 20 weeks of HIM training so I tried not to think about times too much.

Very well run race. Had a great time and will be back next year for sure.