IronGear Sports Rio Salado Triathlon - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

2 1/2 weeks off from swimming took it's toll the first 1200m or so. I had to figure everything out again as I was going along (stroke, sighting, rotating, streamlining). Got kicked in the face not once, not twice, but thrice. Even got swam over, violently. Got over it and just focused. The last 300m were perfect! I was probably going at 1:45? (I guess I'll see how slow I was from the results when they come out...)

EDIT: I guess they don't tell you your time if you DNF.

Actually swim? Simple, ha! Sighting was a pretty big problem. Probably swam an extra 50-100m zigg zagging.

And put off putting the wetsuit on if there are delays. Got HOT during the 15 minute delay + 4 other waves before me.

The wetsuit strippers were awesome! Too bad I was confused on what to do. I had a mini conversation with the dude trying to figure out what he wanted me to do. Everything else in T1 was great. Turned on the Garmin and...

Do the regular wetsuit strip and the only thing the wetsuit strippers will need to do is take it from my heels! Lesson learned.

Well... This is where my race ended. 1st thing that went wrong, RIGHT out of the mount line and right and then left, I went over the bumpy road. It wasn't bad until my only bottle decided to eject itself out of the XLab Torpedo mount. @#!$. 'Well, I can stop or get back to this point on the 2nd lap and pick it up... GO!' $@!$.

New SHIV felt awesome. Going 24+mph never felt this easy. Got right into a comfortable cadence, controlled my breathing and pedal, pedal, pedal. Passed 4-5 people and saw the right turn onto Priest...

Aero, bump in the road, 80 degree turn, not going wide enough, not enough pressure on the left foot, going 20ish mph? (check the Garmin later; 25.1 mph lol) Cones, cars coming from the left, riders from the turnaround coming back, SCRAPPPPPPPPPPE. Next thing I know I'm laying on my right side, my bike looks like it's torn apart from the back and this time, "****!"

Got up and I picked up the pieces of my bike to carry to the crosswalk sign. Well, good news, only the brake lever, aerobar, rear rim and RD got scratched up (mild to light). Bad news, my rear hanger's screws decided to shear off and now my RD was hanging by the brake line. Race over.

Police, volunteers and race course officials all tried to help look for a solution but it was over (A HUGE THANKS to everybody there, otherwise I would have gone completely rage face). SAG couldn't come either since it was a heavy traffic area so there it was... The walk of shame all the way back to transition.

Really map out the course. I've gone on tighter, steeper corners just fine, faster too (SoMo) but man that bump was killer. Take the corners wider too, I had probably about 30m of space from the next guy behind me. Wasn't going to harm anybody caring for my own sake.

Oh, tighten the Torpedo cage. I would have probably blown the run without any water from the bike course anyways.

The long walk back to transition.


Bumps in the road (water bottle and fall) and over confidence. At least the bike wasn't damaged too badly. $21 and all is right. Well I'll need some high grit sandpaper and nail polish. Thanks to the guys at Tribe Multisport for fixing up the bike!


Red Rock is definitely my favorite race company next to Four Peaks. The timing thing was odd as they're usually on time. Great atmosphere. Organized.