Tune Up Triathlon - Triathlon

Just Rich and I in a lane by ourselves and he led out as he is a faster swimmer. Hit 300 yards and my shoulders were just starting to get a little sore so I decided to swim the whole thing freestyle. They were definitely a bit sore by the end and I had to slow down a little but it beats swimming breast stroke. Popped out at 8:34 - an absolutely amazing swim for me!

Keep working on the shoulder stretching and therapy, it seems to be helping. Swim was 44 seconds faster than last year. Adding flip turns will save me a few seconds at each turn as well.

Ran with my bike all the way past the speed bump and had no trouble doing a flying mount.

3 seconds faster than last year.

HR monitor worked for the first loop and I pegged it at 150, right in the middle of Z4. Climbed well, felt strong, and pushed the downhills. No good HR data on the second loop so I was flying blind. Kept the effort consistent and finished strong.

Took my feet out of the shoes too soon. Need to push more on the bike, still time to be gained. 1:40 faster than last year!

Felt like a quick T2; had to back my bike in to the rack.

Really felt quite strong out of the gate and my stomach was great. Tom said Rich was about 2:45-3:00 ahead so catching him would be tough. Pace felt fast but there were no mile markers so I had no idea what my splits were. Legs didn't start feeling heavy until about a half mile out but I could see that I was going to have a great time and that motivated me to a strong finish.

Not much. Great run, sub 20 minutes. Could have pushed a bit more I think though. 1:19 faster than last year and about 42 seconds faster than my run course PR!

Walked around a bit and stretched.


Nearly a four minute PR from last year. This officially puts me with the big boys at this race. I think I can knock another minute off by next year but the goal is get closer and closer to one hour before I get too old!


Better than last year. Race started about 20 minutes late for some reason but I was able to start on time. Beats the one hour delay of last year. Still not crazy about how they mix everyone up with the swim start and wasn't happy about the condensed age groups. Combining male 40-49 put 33 guys in the same group, not counting the top 3 overall finishers who were also 40-49. In this race, 8/10 top finishers were male 40-49!