CSTS Charleston Sprint Triathlon Series - Race #1 - Triathlon

I recently figure out the glide in my stroke. I still wasn't confident so I started in the back so I wouldn't get runover. I came out harder than I had planned on and by the time I hit the buoy for the first right I looked around and realized I was in 4th on the swim. My sighting was dead on and my pull was strong. I kept the pace and finished as hard as I could. I was completely anaerobic at the end of the swim.

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Suit stuck on heels just a bit and I forgot my T1/T2 mat so my feet weren't able to be dried off. Overall this was one of my fastest T1's at the charleston series. I think getting to the race at 0600 and setting up on rack 11 really made a big difference.

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Took about 3 mile to really get the body working and then played leap frog with a couple guys until mile 7 where the dusted me. I pushed all out for as long as possible and finished with a solid bike split.

I was a little worried about thunderstorms and wind so I didn't ride the disc and went with front and rear trispokes. I should have brought out the disc, winds were mild and only head and tailwind.

I went with newton distance show as I felt a high left ankle sprain all week. It took a bit longer to throw on socks and get the newtons on. I did buy yanks and put them on the newtons the night before and that really payed off. Again, this time was on par with all my other charleston series races, mostly due to rack selection.

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I picked up the run and didn't feel my legs for the first .5 miles but knew my pace was strong. At each aid station I dumped a cup of water on myself and then drank most of the cup and then dumped the remainder on me too. I stopped and walked the aid stations. I passed my biggest rival at .5 miles and he closed me down at 2.25 miles. The next .5 he used me as a wind shield as he set up drafting. We rounded the corner and headed to the finish line and he made a move, so I went with him. I though of Macca's book and the mental part of triathlon and made a quick sprint to open up 15 yards with .2 to go. He countered and closed the gap. So with .1 to go I opened up an all out sprint and beat him by 3 seconds. Even though I finished 4th in age I beat the guy that consistently destroyed me last year.

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I completely fell down and got met by the wife and kids. We had some snacks as we waited for my shipmate to come through. He looked like he was hurting so I ran the last 2.1 miles next to him pushing his pace to 8:30/mile which was :50 more than normal pace. He finished the race in 1:29:change but made his goal of finishing sub 90 minutes.


Nothing this is my charleston tri series PR by 1:15. I need to keep the swim up and get my bike back into the 22-23 mph times.


Fantastic start to the series.