Caesar Creek Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

That's about what I expected with the very limited amount of swim training I've done. But the swim went well all things considered. I didn't take too much damage from other swimmers, I think I sighted fairly well, and since it was a sprint, I was out of the water before my lack of swim training hurt me or E. Coli was able to colonize my body.

I might have thrown on the wetsuit as it was wetsuit legal, but the time saved probably would have been eaten up on T1 anyways.

I continue to be a transition monster. If there was a 100 yard dash race while wearing bike shoes I would beat Usain Bolt.

Obviously stop being a tightwad and spring for a tri top so I don't have to put on a shirt. But I've been saying the same thing for 7 years now. I just don't like wearing shirts when I swim okay? Deal with it.

So yea that went better than I expected. When I finished that 112 mile ride during the IM in 2010 I remember thinking as I tossed my bike to the catcher, "I am never getting on that thing again". And I pretty much haven't. At all. The day before the race my bike was still upstairs sitting on the trainer. Both tires were flat and it was covered in cobwebs. I actually took it out just to make sure I still knew how to clip in and out.

But once I hoped on, it was like 2010 again. It probably helped that the course started with a really long gradual downhill, but I felt fast the whole loop. I normally get passed like crazy during the bike but I actually hung in there and passed a bunch of people.

This is actually the first sprint distance I've done in maybe 5 or 6 years and it was so nice to be done with the bike portion so quickly.

Nothing at all. This couldn't have gone any better than it did with my complete and utter lack of any sort of bike training.

Everything was fine until I got off the bike. Then WOW! My groin muscles were on fire! It was crazy! They were like, "What in the hell was that? I thought you told us you were done with that infernal machine?"

Run faster out of transition. Legs would not work.

The first 1/10 of a mile was a bit slow because of the groin thing but once they warmed up I was good to go. I was worried yesterday's 14 miler would bring the suffering but nope....I put the pedal down and went. I hardly ever run without a Garmin but since I was trying to keep my expectations low I just went by perceived effort. I felt great the whole run and passed lots of folks and only got passed once by a woman who looked suspiciously like Chrissie Wellington.

Nothing. Great run. Marathon training paying dividends already. In 2012 I ran 544 miles. Already at 587 this year. I'm coming Air Force Marathon. And hell's coming with me.

I received my finisher's medal and immediately realized why the t-shirts were so crappy compared to year's past. I proceeded to try and choke to death on a piece of watermelon. What a way to go. "Triathlete survives E. Coli, Route 73, and hotter than Hades run, dies while attempting to eat his weight in watermelon post-race". A cautionary tale for the ages.


That whole not biking in 10 months thing.


I have to hand it to HFP. I had almost given up on them but this was much improved from the last race I did with them in 2009. I appreciated that the prayer service wasn't done over the PA as in years past. I also was glad the timing seemed to work.