XTERRA World Championship - TriathlonOther

Ok, this was a bit nuts. Shorebreak was overhead smashers that creamed us each time we went in/out of the surf. They started us right into a large set which sent hundreds flying into each other, bodies all over. The buoys were hard to sight due to chaos, chop. The return path to the beach was hard to sight because lack of buoys (they needed more). Lack of water personnel made it a chaotic mess in the middle of the "M" course. Head on collisions and also people cutting the course :(. The shorebreak pounded me each time I went in and out, felt like I was drowning.

Ok T1. LONG run from the beach to the spot where my bike was, perched on top a grassy hill.

Course was a mix of new sections and parts from last year.
Overall very hilly and quite difficult. Harder course than last year for sure. I'd like to say that's why I was 10mins slower...haha.
My right knee was killing me the last 5 miles. Sucked in a lot of red dirt, thought I was going to choke to death at times. Luckily no mechanical issues, although I was armed to the teeth with parts and tubes. Wish I was a bit faster on the bike, but was trying not to blow out for the run.

maybe get a dust mask? Thought of that last year but failed to get one.
Train harder!!

one of my better T2's. I was surprised at being ready and out onto the course in 2 mins. Not stellar, but decent.

very hilly, pretty much same course as last year.
My run split almost the same too. But felt way more comfortable in my Montrails as opposed to the stupid Mizuno's I wore last year.

Right knee was killing me about half way into the race.
Started to get a MEAN cramp in my right leg on mile 4.5, was hoping that it would subside. It did but was on the edge of going ballistic.


Generally happy with performance. the only way I could do better is train harder...

the usual, walk around..eat ...drink.
rode back to condo on the bike, although pedaling with one leg due to knee pain (one legged cycling drills helped here!)


I was very happy the race went off. It could have been changed significantly due to the Tsunami, so grateful for that.

However, I think the swim was not planned well and will be making suggestions to the race staff on this.

I also think they should give us a least 2 free beers at the finish, as they had kegs of Kona longboard available. We paid $450, and triathletes generally don't have money on them when you finish. At $6 per beer, it was kinda ridiculous and cruel to have cold beer sitting there. So I split and bought my own ;-)