City of Santa Fe Triathlon - Triathlon

The swim was last.

Although diving in was permitted, I chose not to based on the last time I tried (goggles came off) and my lack of any practice since then. So, I eased in and began my swim. No cramps on entry (that's always nice) and I was able to hold form (no crossover, something I have been working hard to correct in training) the entire 400 m. I felt strong, so I decided to flip turn at the walls - I was able to do so at every wall except one wall where I made a pass at the wall and did not feel that a flip turn was safe.

On the last 50 m, me and the guy who placed third had a nice side-by-side sprint finish. I was able to edge him out slightly, and had the inside position for the swim exit - leaving him only 4 seconds behind me at the finish. It was a fun way to end the race!

I'd like to dive in at the swim start next time... need to practice.

T1 was a run to bike transition.

I ran to my bike from the run (wish it could have been faster - but, was gassed from the run) while removing my race belt, I stripped my running shoes off, put on my helmet, grabbed my bike, and ran to the mount line. I missed landing on my bike shoe for the mount and I fussed with it longer than I would have liked. But, it really didn't cost me a ton of time.

Nothing. Getting in my shoes was less than ideal - but, things like that happen on occasion.

I love this bike course - just enough features (hills, traffic circles, and turns) to keep it interesting. I stayed on the aerobars as much as possible - coming out of them only for the traffic circles (in the down hill direction), the 90 deg turns, and the turn around.

Nothing.

T2 was a bike to swim transition.

I got on top of my bike shoes before entering the parking lot. I had a good dismount at the line and removed my helmet while I ran my bike to my rack. At my rack I removed my sun glasses and grabbed my goggles then and ran the LONG route to the pool.

Nothing.

I was hoping (again) for a sub 21 minutes here... but, still unable to get it. The slight uphill for the second half of the course just seems to zap me...

I'm not sure.... faster running just seems to elude me no matter how I train.

Caught my breath then ate a banana and drank some water. After that, I went to find my friend's son so I could see him finish his race.


As usual, the run.... uggh!


A well organized race at a great facility with tons of volunteers. I would have loved for the "play pool" to be running so that I cold hit the water slide and the whirlpool after the race... :-)