Old Colony YMCA Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

while I am pleased with my times, I was not happy with the swim in general. I had a tough time getting around people and at times it seemed like they were deliberatly blocking me. I actually caught up to the tail end of the group in front of me which just made the congestion even worse.

I was swimming next to one woman and we were slugging it out for entirely long, so I stopped to let her get ahead and see where her line was. I swear to god she goes into race-mode only when I'm next to her because now we're neck and neck again. So she slowed down when I backed off then speeds up again when I get near her. I was about ready to grab her leg and pull her under! Add that crap to the tail end of the wave in front of us and there was just nowhere to go. So yes, my time surprised me.

drown the b!tch.

faster than I thought it was.

remember to put on my race belt.

I was pretty disgusted for this entire ride. I saw EVERY FREAKIN BIKE in the race pass me by. I was ready to smack the next person who said "on your left." Of course you are, where else would you f*cking be?

And to all you jerks drafting and riding in packs, how can you take your bike split and feel good about it? I cannot believe how many g-d cheaters were out there today. And they all got to pass me more than once. Hell, even the runners got to pass my slow, fat ass.

Yeah, so I ride my fastest bike split this year but didn't know it until I checked my speedometer after the race. I was in a foul mood by the time I hit the run course. Used CamelBak trying to stay hydrated. Wished I had one for the run too.

sprout wings. Anything but draft.

Totally sucked. I thought about bailing but knew I would be even more pissed if I did that. Out of the transition and thru a trail to get to the road. I wish I had known that before I signed up because I DON'T do trail running. Any. At all. Ever. Not since I broke an ankle doing it anyhow. And here I was running a freakin trail. Did not help my mood.

No mile-markers, and none of the water stop volunteers could tell you where you were on the course. I had one guy tell me I was 1/4 of the way done with the run. Ok, my brain is fried, can you just tell me how many goddamn miles that is? PLEASE?? He kept saying 1/4 of the way done. Fine, whatever.

So I ended up doing the death-march shuffle most of the way. Around the last turn and people are leaving the park in droves. I was surprised I didn't miss the awards and raffle. Also surprised there was any food left as this was not the case in Webster a few weeks ago. Not that I wanted anything to eat.


stay home.

took a cold shower in the bath house.


I'm slow. That's all there is to it.


FIRM races leave a bad taste in my mouth. Four loops for a bike course is just f*cking lazy. It's advertised as "flat and fast" which I will now interpret to mean "recreational triathletes need not come here."

Didn't see a single person I know. That's just weird.

The whole time I was out there I was thinking that I really need to rethink why I do this. I mean, I know I'm slow but I usually have fun anyhow. That was not the case today. It was very hot and humid and I spent most of the race in a bad place, pissed at everyone and everything. If that's how longer races are going to be, maybe I need to think twice, three times about IMLP. That's going to be a long lonely race and I can't spend 17 hours being pissed off.

Times are from my watch. Who knows if they'll get my time at all since I ended up using chip # 441 or something like that.

Will not do this race again.