Tri for the Environment - Triathlon

Was in the last wave, so had a lot of weaving and dodging to do. Drafted off a guy for the first few hundred til he started going off course and then I went around him. Otherwise, it was pretty uneventful except for jellyfish stings.

Not much.

Decent T1. Had a crappy rack position given how transition was laid out.

Get there earlier to ensure a better rack spot. They said, "all transition spots are good so no rush to get there." Liars.

Ok ride. The 2 guys that finished ahead of me passed me on the first half of the first loop. Otherwise it was just a matter of staying out of trouble and making clean passes. Going over the speed bumps was interesting, too.

Not do an 80 mile ride the day before.

Nothing of interest to report here.

Better rack position!

Pretty good run considering it was about 110% humidity. I thought I was off course once when I thought I made a wrong turn. Stopped to sort of get my bearings and make sure I didn't miss a course marker. Got back on track. The part where you cross the bike course was sketchy. Not a good idea.

Not much, maybe wear trail shoes.

walked around and chatted with some friends.


lots of training the day before.


2 really bad flaws.

1) They ran out of drinks at the finish by the time about half of the people had finished. That's ridiculously awful.

2) Someone had an allergic reaction at the finish line and they were running around looking for an epi pen. They didn't have and ambulance/EMTs on site. I didn't even know you could hold a race like this without an ambulance squad on site. Seems insane!