USAT Grand Prix Mideast Championships - TriathlonOlympic

Wave 1 as per usual. I tend to drift left when swimming so I started in the front row all the way to the right. Boom we're off. After 500 yds I was right in line where I should be. This was a fast group, the lead swimming went 18 mins. Struggled with my breathing into the first turn and then found a good rhythm and swim right next to a guy the entire way in...I popped out of the water and my watch said: 25:40...YES! I ran up the beach and hit the timing mat at 25:56 just under my goal time of Sub 26.

This was a no wetsuit race so I was happing. I have some right arm issues I need to work out. I think Sub 24 mins is very possible without a wetsuit. I just have no finish with my right arm (I'm left handed)

I had a Transition hog that put all his stuff with mine! WTF!!!!!!
I was pissed.

oh yes the bike where my swim lead goes to die. I'm riding along at a good clip and I'm screaming down a hill and I decided to switch to the small ring at the bottom as a big uphill is coming and then I hear it...cling cling. F!!! I dropped my chain 30 yds up a big hill. I'm off the bike and flip over my bike (dumping all my profile bottle water out) and I'm fixing my chain..probably cost me 1-2 mins and now I have Tri war paint all over myself. The rest of the ride was uneventful. I passed 1 person at that was it...who then passed me back as I was fixing my chain. Came back into the state park and thought we were done! I was flying...opps another couple of miles. I missed my goal of sub 1:20 bike because of the dropped chain...oh well.

Not drop my chain.

I might need to apply as a partial resident of Indiana...I was almost the slowest T2 in the race. Mainly cause of that transition hog.

Flying out of T2 you head straight up a hill (of course you do) and the out is mostly flat with some uphills. I get passed, I mean blown out of the water by a 15 year old kid (WTF). He had to be running high 6's. I'm starting to pass runners and at the turnaround I feel great. I'm cooking now and with the slight downhills I'm flying. A group of the tri-club members are at the last turn hollering at me to catch the person in front of me (also a member of the club - she was in the next wave though so really she beat me) the last downhill I'm in full sprint mode for 300 yds....Beat my goal time of Sub 55 by 5 mins!

Not a thing. I'll need to wear socks for anything over 10K as hot spots were starting to form.

Sat through the awards presentation as a few members won some hardware.


Great race. Tons of penalties handed out and I didn't see any drafting. This was the club championship and we just didn't have enough member because its the same day as Accenture.

This was such a strong field my swim time was barely top 1/3 overall and my run was right at the 1/2 mark. My bike time was hmmm, lets just say not top half. lol.