Lake in the Hills Triathlon - Triathlon

Decent swim, sighting was good, minimal traffic since I was #90.

More swim training.

I am usually at 2 minutes or under over the years. Still have to stuff your wetsuit in a bag for transport to T2 and the bag was smaller this year.

Nothing.

I am happy with this time. probably should have been 20 mph+ but with the rain and wet roads, I slowed into each turn. Struggled a bit to get up to speed the first few miles. Not sure why.

More bike training

I am usually right at 1 minute over the years. Took a little time to get my socks on my wet feet.

Nothing.

Disappointed. My pace has been 8:15 or less up to 6 miles. I did a brick a couple of weeks ago that was 17 miles on the bike and a 25 minute 5k. Not sure what happened here. First mile was 8:14, second 8:21. Just started feeling tired. I know the hill is there and I have run it several times, but my third mile was 9:00. Last mile was 8:33. This is the slowest I have run this race segment in 3 years.

Not sure what happened. It was humid but only 72 by this time with overcast skies. I just lost my energy. I always have gone sans nutrition in this race. maybe I was hungry? Overcooked the bike? Really disappointed. Was shooting for 32:xx.

Crossed, got my medal and immediately got 3 cups of Gatorade. Ate a banana, bagel, energy bar, so yeah, maybe a little hungry and thirsty. Rained a bit more so I packed up and headed home..


Overall, I was happy with the race but not with the individual segments. Weird. But I wanted to break 1:40 again at this race and I did. Would have like to have been 1:37.


New race directors this year, and the race was off/on late into the spring, which probably impacted participation. They did a good job though, but ran out of swim caps? Really? I will continue to do the race as long as it's around.