Patriot Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

I started timidly yet again, and got caught behind a slow group. Eventually someone broke free and I drafted. Slow going on the way out. After the first turn I took off. At some point on the way in a few fish from the group behind me, tried to draft but could not keep up. Eventually the front of the main pack caught up and I fell in with them.

Some boat was a bit to close to the swimmers as there was a nice diesel smell.

Be more aggressive. I thought I had a pretty good swim past the first 1/3. Need to have more confidence in my ability to swim.

Nothing special.

Go faster.

I would say that the course was poorly marked. Basically keep going unless you saw someone. I think that drafting was high. For the first half of the 1st loop I saw people every 5-10min either passing or being passed always in a group of 2-3.

On the second lap however a few guys riding solo in skisuits and TT booties went flying past.

All of the intersections were police controlled, one of them was backed up with traffic that was blocking on the left. 15 cars deep, so I slowly rode past on the left on the yellow line and when I got close to the intersection I was waved across by a police officer. On the 2nd lap I knew what to do there.

Saw people killing themselves, not killing hills out there. Standing and swaying all around just to barely hang over the top of their bars at the top. I did not stand once, sat a few times.

Push more?

Go faster.

Weird. First two miles I passed 20+ people. People were walking within the first 10min. I had one lady run past me early on and some 'kid' sprint past he was flying. From 55min to 1:22 into the run, I ran alone with not a person in front of me. Continued passing until I started to fade at the end.

I got passed by 2-3 people after mile 11.

I was also surprised that towards the end people were running on both sides of the road.

Up until mile 8-9 I felt awesome.

Get in another long run or two.

Sat. Drank some juice. Laid down. Drank water. Sat in an ice bath. Got some stretching performed by people who I thought were giving massages.


Heat towards the end of the swim. Lack of bike endurance.


Aid stations were plentiful, but they could have used more volunteers at them. Another 2-3 people would have been nice. Thankfully on the run I was alone and could yell what I wanted as I approached.

Good race, but stretch vs massage? Ice bath was nice.

Race Results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/10/ma/Jun19_Patrio_set1.shtml