Montoya BFAST Triathlon Series - Race #2 - TriathlonSprint

1st thing is I dropped 5 minutes from my race time from the 1st BFAST this year from 1:19 to 1:14. 2nd I dropped 2:20 off my swim. That should be huge and make me feel elated, right? Nope! B/c I finished in the exact same spot in my AG that I did in the first. 11th....
Today was all about the swimmers. Last BFAST was North to South swim with a weak current and low chop. Today was South to North with a STRONG current.
I struggled with the surf entry and a couple of waves actually pushed me back a bit. After the first buoy, I had a very hard time getting comfortable in the water and felt like I was flailing about in the water. The next wave caught me between the middle and last buoy.
Last BFAST I finished 3 minutes behind the swim leader in my AG and finished 8th in AG on the swim. Today I finished 3 minutes behind the swim leader in AG and finished 19th in AG on the swim! I was focused but could not self-correct on the swim. Once I was out of the water, I was fine. I had a much better bike and a faster run(even though I think I could have finished a little better on the run).

How often is it that you whack 5 minutes off your time on the same course in just over 1 month and feel like you totally failed?

Become a duathlete

Average T1, fumbled a bit with race belt when it got twisted

Tape gel to bike rather than putting it in belt loop. Caused belt to spin and was hard to get out of the loop on the bike.

1:14 faster than last BFAST. The only blessing I had from having a bad swim was that the 40+men started coming out of the water the same time I did so I was able to latch on to some fast guys and push the pace. My power meter quit working (again) about 1/3 of the way into the bike. I was pushing 205-225 watts at 90-99 cadence and felt fine. I pushed hard on the Nocatee bridge b/c my legs felt good. Overall, satisfied with bike performance

Insert in my shoe folded under when I put my left shoe on. so had to take my shoe off and adjust.
I did nail the flying dismount though ( I feel like a cool kid when I do the flying dismount).

Run barefoot

Run was 25 secs faster than last BFAST, but not where I was hoping to be. Was shooting for closer to 23 minutes. Felt a little tight off the bike and even though my run got faster as the run went on, I couldn't get my legs to turn over and push the pace I wanted.

Run faster

Light stretching then cheering on some club members that were finishing the race


I can't swim


This is a great small race close to home. The course is awesome.