DQ Triathlon at Marlton Lakes - TriathlonSprint

I swam decent despite zigzagging a little. Some trouble passing a group of 3 or 4 guys all in a row across.

Start a little further up in the heat.

Took my good ol time in T1. All of my stuff was in a trash bag to keep it dry. Fought the wetsuit briefly around the bottom of the legs.

Ditch the wetsuit, I only put it on because I was wet and freezing.

I kept my cadence up around 90 for most of the ride. Wind gust plus a little uphill was enough to knock my speed down a little once or twice. This was my first race with the new bike that I built over the winter. I have been messin with the fit all season and it was perfect yesterday.

Push a little harder!

I'm not sure why my T2 time is so slow, can only think I wasn't running hard with the bike on the wet roads.

This was the ugly part. I went out kinda slow as my run training has been light and slow for the last few weeks. My ITband had been fine for the past month or so. I thought if I felt good at the turnaround I would negative split the run. As I approached the turnaround my ITband decided to tighten up and I was running in pain. I slowed down and basically jogged back to the end. I was able to finish a little stronger than a jog, but my knee was killing me.

Not run with ITBS.

Stretched a little, packed up and went home to get dry!


ITBS and only 5 weeks of training.


I did this race a few years ago and remember it being an organized race. They put on a good race yesterday and I give em credit for running the race in a tropical storm. Conditions being as they were I am ok with my performance considering the ITBS flare-up and only 5 weeks of training. I have to get the ITband figured out over the winter, work on my old bikes and build a good base for next year. No running for this guy for a while. Sorry I didn't meet up with any BTers. Will make more of an effort next year.