Glenview Park Center Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Pretty good swim. Right in line with the last few years. My training dropped off a bit in the month prior to the race, but I still had a pretty good base to put out a good 300 without tiring out. My last time trial before the race was about :20 faster. The extra seconds would have been nice, but would not have made that big of a difference. There are a lot of really strong local racers in my age group - my placement from age group to guys to overall was top 30%/22%/15%.

Try to stay steady with training through the race.

Good T1. Ran out from the pool and wasted no time getting out on the bike. Top 20 or so for the entire race.

Solid ride. I've put in half the volume as I did last summer when I was preparing for Racine HIM, and I only lost about 50 seconds or so on the bike, and I was not pushing it quite as hard as last year. I'm pretty happy that I've maintained a good level of fitness on the bike. Hopefully I can hang on to it and build some before next year. Again, the results show the effect of being in a strong age group (even more so than swim) - placement from age group to guys to overall was top 42%/22%/14%.

I actually felt that this was the right ride for me to best set up a non-disastrous run. Given my level of fitness going into the race, no changes.

Crappy T2. Going in, I had already written off having a good run (see below), and just wasn't focused on saving every second. I broke a rule I swore I never would after my first season - don't mess around with a shirt in transition. I wound up riding without a top and for some reason decided to throw on a tank top to run in. Put it on backwards first, readjusted, then lost a few more seconds with the socks . . . just not necessary for a 5K. I should have been out of T2 in around a minute.

Either race without a shirt or figure out something to swim in that I can leave on for the whole race.

Ironically, the leg of the race that I had written off wound up being where I improved the most from past years. I had been recovering from a stress fracture from April until last June, and had only begun some really light running in the 4 or 5 weeks prior to the race. I felt like the stress fracture had not quite healed about two weeks ago and only had 1 or 2 short runs per week for the last 2 weeks, so I really wasn't expecting much here. I wound up with a respectable (for me) run, and it wasn't as agonizing as the last few years. My goal has always been to break an hour for this race. If I can heal up and build a good base over the winter, the run is where I'll do it. Placement by age group, gender and overall - top 58%/41%/29%

Stay uninjured!

Walk around. Eat. Massage.


Lower training volume compared to past years and injury.


Remains a gem of a local race. Overall placement in AG/guys/overall was: 46%/24%/15%