Kingston Triathlon - Triathlon

This was a weird swim. Sent two people at a time out on the course about 5 seconds apart. Required a run into the water. This sucked due to lots of stones, then muck on the bottom. Then I made a good move out and around slower swimmers. I had self seeded myself to the back, just because. About 1/3 way out, I almost swam into a kayak. The turn buoys were so close together, a lot of people were sighting off the wrong one. I followed like a lemming, and almost went around the wrong buoy. Probably cost me a full minute to make the recovery.

Sight better, this is not like me, but it is ok.

coming out of t1, was a packed dirt road. Took it slow to protect the bike, particularly the tires.

Not much, as this was just a tune up/ training race.

There was no way I was pushing on the bike. Too little training, but this was a good wake up call for Cranberry. Fortunately, I was given the heads up about a hill at mile 6/7 that SUCKED!!! You know you are out of shape when you need a smaller Granny Gear. I sucked wind on this.

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This transition sucked too. Had to run up the dirt hill in bike shoes or bare foot to get into T2. I just took my time and made it work. Overall, it was as good as it was going to be.

this was not a run, but a power walk. Never a huge fan of hard core trail runs, and I was not about to injure myself with a fall.

not much, just enjoyed the moment.

hit the water and cooled off


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Nice, pretty, and fun race. I will try to get back to it again.