Escape from Fort Delaware Triathlon - International Course - Triathlon

We ended up waiting over at pea patch island for the start of the race for what felt like forever The wind was whipping and there was really nothing to do except sit. Once we got in the water (about 2 minutes before start), it wasn't that bad, the water didn't feel that cold. It was real intimidating since I had never swam in a river or done a point to point swim course. Looking across from the island over to land seemed like a long away, but in the end, it wasn't too bad. The current didn't take me too far but the hardest part was staying on course because you could not always see the buoys. I focused on a yellow building that I knew was right at the finish and didn't do bad. Because of the waves/current, I had to breath to my right side instead of going bilateral.

Nothing, just wish I could have bilateral breathed.

I suck at transitions

maybe start practicing them?

The bike course was uneventful, it was flat and fast although the rain didn't help anything. The course was wet and I'm not used of riding on wet surfaces so pulled back a little bit from what I could have done. The bike was fast though.

nothing.

I think I said in T1 that I suck at transitions, I sucked at this one too.

being practicing them

Course was a flat out and back, again, this was uneventful. This is my sport, so I excelled at it, felt good the entire time.

nothing

none


the weather. I think if it was sunny (or at least not wet), I could have pushed the bike a little harder.


My rating is probably not fair since I wasn't really expecting much from the bike and run, this was really to test my swim in a river in prep for IM Louisville. Volunteers seemed a little scarce, crowd support was non-existent however Pihrana still puts on a good race, i might be back to swim the river again.