Lifetime Tri: Chicago - Triathlon

I was in a wave with the 40-44 men and almost no women. The men tend to be more aggressive at the start (even though they are really better swimmers) They didn't do a great job self seeding and I got caught behind a wave of poor swimmers. I had to tread water several times to find holes to blast through.

The swim was really meant to be a test of my new full wetsuit for Tahoe ... so it as all good. I actually liked the suit and I'm glad I paid a few extra bucks for more flexiblity.

I am the worlds worst transitioner :) That said I really don't try very hard to be fast.

It was an nice easy course and just a few rollers. Lots of room and it was easy to get a good pace. potholes were a little bad in one small stretch but very managable. I really enjoyed the ride

really bad... I know ... but there was a porta potty stop included

It was so hot and humid!! I'm really bad in heat but this was just crazy. My sunscreen wore off as well so I knew I was gettting fried. I managed to shuffle along and I walked the water stations. Given all that I'm actually happy with my super slow run because I at least managed to run most of it. Usually in this type of heat my body shuts down so the fact that I managed through it made me really happy.

I was sunburned big time so I tried to move through quickly to get out of the sun. It was quite a haul to get my pre swim gear and then get my tranistion stuff and then go all the way back to parking. That walk was a good cool-down


The heat and my transition times. I just looked at my ranking in my age group... I lost like 8 positions by my crazy long transitions. I really need to dial those back in.


Fun race but the wait between tranistion close and race start kind of sucked. Its a big city race so there really isn't a lot they can do. The issue however is it place my wave right in the middle of high heat.