Galloway Captiva Triathlon - Triathlon

Started away from the buoy because of the large numbers in my wave. Took a good angle, stayed to the outside of the pile up at the first turn. After that sighted pretty well. Felt faster than the time reflected. Did manage to catch swimmers from the 2 waves ahead of me.

Other than train, nothing.

MUCH shorter run with the bike this year. Still takes awhile to get feet in shoes and strapped down because of the rough roads at the beginning. Have to keep both hands on the bike.

Remembered to bring my Bag Balm to the race. Left it in the hotel so I couldn't put extra lube on the bike seat.

Very happy with my bike. By GPS, I had 5 laps (miles) at or above 21.9 mph. Other than having to pass a ton of slow riders, this was a very good race ride for me.

Not much, maybe drink a little more, take a Salt Stick at about half way.

Still a long run from dismount to transition, but way shorter than last year. Got squeezed going around some of the turns by slower athletes in front of me. Some people don't run with their bikes. Took a few extra seconds to spray off my feet and wipe them off, helped a little on the run.

Get to the outside of the turns on the run into T2. Let the slow people have the inside.

Great course, beautiful views of the Gulf, North Captiva Island and Pine Island Sound. Lots of fans because of the proximity to transition and the finish line. Only bad thing this year, they changed a 400-500 yard stretch of the cart path and it was fresh crushed shell/rock instead of the well worn shell/sand mix. Pretty rough on the feet.

TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN. And lose weight.

Water, sat down for a few minutes, walked around with the family for a few minutes then found a shower and rinsed/cooled off for a very long time.


L A C K O F T R A I N I N G ! ! !


This was the 3rd year of this race and each year it has gotten better. The RD is open to suggestions and actually listens to his customers. The changes this year made the course better for both the racers and the spectators. Even though this is "just" a sprint tri, this has become an annual destination race for me and the family.