Longboat Key International Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I had the course measured at .65 of a mile. I remember looking at my Garmin when I finished the first lap, just over 11 minutes, that would put me at over 3 minutes slower than my average for 400 yards.

GET NEW GOGGLES!!! The TYR goggles that I've been really happy with broke as I was putting them on at the start line. That sucked. I have a spare pair in my tri bag but they were all thee way back at transition and I was less than 1 min to race start. I did manage to get them back together and thy only came apart once during the 2nd loop.

Normal T1 for me, nothing to really tweak here.

Nothing.

Tough ride for me. Started out conservative because of the cross/head wind. Didn't want to burn myself up in the first few miles.Tried a few times to get into a smaller gear and every time I would begin to drop my cadence. Spent the first half of the race a 17-18 mph. Kept hoping the turn would bring faster speed, and was wrong!!! Made the turn and hey, there's the wind again! What I was hoping was a head/cross wing was basically a straight cross wind. No relief, no benefit.

Not much, I had to either back down on the bike so I could have some legs left for the run, or crush the bike and die on the run. I chose option 1.

2nd fastest T2 in both Clydesdale divisions and that included time to put on socks. I'll take that and be happy. Remembered to untie shoes this time and did not sit down to put on shoes and socks.

Need to go back to elastic laces and toughen my feet up so I can run without socks for these shorter races. Also look into Altra shoes.

For a little as I've been running, I was very happy with this effort. Still fighting the plantar fasciitis issue, but getting better.

Train more, lose weight, learn to fly.

Shot of Fireball with the Ryder Bikes team, yes you read that correctly, cross finish line, get medal, grab a cold water, high five teammates, down a cold shot of Fireball.


The approximately 37 pounds of extra fat I'm carrying around.


This used to be a great race, unfortunately this can no longer be said. The first year had some expected difficulties, the second year was better, and the 3rd year was fantastic but for some reason, the last 2 years have gone downhill. This race used to offer a pasta dinner at packet pick up, a scenic run course, music, good food before and after the race, and a huge shade tent to sit and eat. All of that is gone. At this last race, by the time I finished and went to the food line, there was NOTHING left. Very disappointed with the direction things are headed.