Buckeye Lake Triathlon & Duathlon - TriathlonSprint

It was WAY too hot for a wetsuit -- I almost didn't wear one and if EastFork is hot, will try to go without next time. I didn't get especially tired this time around, but just felt slow. Turns out I was. I wonder if the heat of the day had anything to do with my energy level.

Not sure -- try to go without my wetsuit.

If I could have placed an exclamation point after "helmet on, suit off at the same time" there'd be three. What's the trick to getting your wetsuit off? I came short of sitting down and yanking like I did when I was 6 and couldn't get out of a wet pair of pants. Now there's a video opportunity -- filming each of us in transition dancing our way out of our wetsuits...

Try to go without my wetsuit next time.

Lots of 90 degree turns for the first 2 miles through town -- traffic, poor road conditions really slowed the course. Once out of town, it just became hilly -- stair steps to one really good incline, then one really good decline, then the course repeated. Stopped to help another racer who had a flat 1/2 way through the course, but she didn't know how to change her tire and I didn't want to risk getting disqualified, so I told her that I'd notify a police officer -- it was really hot and I don't think she was carrying water.

Nothing -- it was a good run for me.

I don't try to get out of my shoes while on the bike -- maybe next year. The transition area was through grass and so we were required to walk about 100 yards to a paved area -- slowed the course.

Nothing really

ONLY ONE WATER STOP -- it was 95 degrees -- a water stop each mile would have been better. Light on the volunteers this race (no body marking -- lack of volunteers). Last year, townsfolk showed up and cheered on the racers -- narry a soul this year. In town, a car had chosen to drive down the run course -- I stopped him and moved the cones so that he could get off the course. Again -- no volunteers to help at most of the segments.

Nothing.

Watermellon -- my favorite part of the post race. Its the only thing I eat and so really does the job. Then I headed for the lake and took a short swim to try to get my body temp down -- I overheated to the point that I got goosebumps/chills/started shaking.


It was just a really hot day and I'm still a newbee.


Boy, was it hot. The swim seemed like it was uphill all the way... how does that work? Still, I fell stronger with every race and love seeing the same faces each time. Bob's mojo worked -- I left with hardware -- with a blue ribbon.