Graniteman St. Cloud Triathlon - Triathlon

It went well and all the time in the pool has made me a more fit swimmer, however it has not make me much faster.

The timing mat right at the transition area which was about 100 yards from the beach. I was passed by two people in my age group during the run, so I knew I was out of the water before them and their swim times were faster than mine, so not sure how accurate it is.

I need to get professional help on getting me to swim faster

I am not going to put my T1 time here because the chip time says 4:20, that is not possible. My timing chip came off with my wetsuit in T1 so I never had it on the bike, so that must be where the problem was

Work on removing suit and keeping chip on

The official timing was off because of my transition time, My bike split is as shown.

Maybe start off slower, overall I am pleased with my results.

I had to dig out my timing chip from my wetsuit so that added 10-15 seconds, I probably could have done without it due to the back up timers

Good course, I passed a fellow age grouper about 1/2 mile in, he was always in sight and we actually went back and forth a few times on the bike. I was passed by another age grouper about 1 mile, I tried to pick my pace to match but could not hold on, I backed off, turns out he was crushing 6:36 miles. I made a turn and saw someone ahead, I passed him around mile 2, and was happy to see it was another age grouper, I gained 1 spot during the run.

ate food and found shade to cool off


Nothing besides lack of great swim form


The recovery food was great, I believe a lot of post workout recovery so It was nice to have muscle milk and protein bars as well as fruit. It Was a great food spread for a smaller race.

I would highly recommend this race to anyone interested in triathlon as well as the experienced racer who is looking for competition.

My favorite thing about this race was the ample transition rack space. Rack spots were not assigned but there was plenty of room and I did not feel crowded at all.

I am signed up for the series races and looking forward to Clearwater in a few weeks.