St. Croix Valley Triathlon - Olympic Course - Triathlon

So before the race I was not going to wear the wetsuit. Water was so warm. However all the top guys were wearing them, so I foolishly thought I should also.

Half way though the first lap I was overheating and starting to feel nauseous. I started to lose ground on David, so drastic measures had to be taken. Every other race I have swam right behind David the whole swim, with no problem.

At the half way point ( so before starting the second lap) I stopped to take off my wetsuit. Many people were hollering at me to do another lap and its that way. They had to think I was crazy. As far as the garmin goes I lost about 1:15 with that process.

However the second lap felt so much better. I did not catch up to David, but I still was second out of the water.

Not wear a wetsuit. It was a poor decision to start that way, but I am very glad I took it off before the second lap.

I swam almost 2 minutes faster last year

This was a very quick transition since I already had my wetsuit off

I tried to push the bike. It was a 4 minute improvement over last year.

I dropped a shoe after I hopped off the bike so I had to grab that. Lost a few seconds there

Otherwise it was good

This was a slow run. I injured my foot at St. Paul 2 weeks prior, so I was not able to run at all. I honestly did not even know if I could run until I started to do so.

Not be injured and be able to actually push the run

Poor decisions with the wetsuit, and an injured foot


I still love this race. It's small, but there are always at least a few really fast people. The roads are great and the organizers are stellar