Los Alamitos Race on the Base Triathlon - Reverse Tri - TriathlonOther

This was the final leg of the triathlon. Water was super warm, like a bathtub. Seemed like a lot of folks were treating the pool like social hour, hanging out at either end right where you duck under the lane line to turnaround. I may have appeared rude to some but was on a mission to get to the finish, so I pushed through quite a few of them as space was limited, and we were supposed to touch the wall before completing the next length.

Nothing, did ok despite the crowded turnaround areas

This was a reverse, so T1 was run to bike. Was pretty fast. Took visor & GPS off while running in, threw them in my bag, grabbed my helmet and strapped it on, grabbed my bike and was out of there.

Tied for 2/55 in my AG for T1 time. :)

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Fun, fast, flat course. Winds made it interesting. Got a nice tail wind for the one stretch so I opted to use that to go all-out for that portion, especially since I wasn't having to "save my legs" for the run. Bike computer read top speed at 32.5mph which is amazing to me on a flat course. Thanks wind! Threw my chain twice coming into the headwind on first loop, had to stop and put it back on so that cost me a minute or so. People were not abiding by the "slower traffic keep right, pass on the left" rule so there were folks everywhere on the course, making passing a tough task. The wind pretty much did away with what was going to be an attempt to average 20mph on the bike but I'm ok with that.

Push even harder

This was a reverse, so T2 was bike to swim. Racked my bike, removed my helmet, race belt, sunglasses, running shoes & socks. Grabbed goggles and made my way over the very rough surface to the pool. Pebbles and rocks everywhere, which I wasn't expecting as we were told the area would be swept free of debris. There were a lot of people 'lollygagging' along to the pool, just walking 2-3 across the walkway so I was also probably rude en route to the pool, pushing through people at a jog to get there fast. T2 time includes the run to the pool from transition.

Wear flip flops or socks for the run to the pool area.

Tied for 5/55 in my AG for T2 time. :)

This was the first leg of the race.

Started out at a super fast pace, slowed it down to a more normal pace after the first mile. First mile was 8:01 min/mile which was too fast for me to keep up for long. Still got a PR on the distance for the run, at 8:32 min/mile pace. Previous PR for this distance, in both a tri and a 5K a few months ago was 8:47 min/mile so I feel good about it! Constantly making small improvements.

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Walked back to transition area, packed up. Long walk to parking lot was warm-down enough.


Experience, wind.


Fun race overall. Despite the wind, great for beginners or just to do a race for run. Not as expensive as other local sprint tri's. Very close to my house, less than 10 min commute time. Will do this one again.