Mayor's Triathlon - Triathlon

As usual, I freaked out on this. I went waaay left and added more distance than I needed to. Was pretty congested at first. I kept stopping the first 200m. After that though, I calmed down and got into a rhythm. Bad thing is that I could tell my form was crappy the entire time, so if I could do the catch correctly, I could save time. I was doing ok the last 100m when I realized I just moving my arms instead of swimming like I've trained.

Better warm up. Maybe position myself closer to start so I can get away from people? I don't know if that's a good idea or not since I needed a few breathers to calm down.

Longer than I expected. Lots of rocks/sand, so I washed my feet off.

Don't know...move faster? Luckily I didn't have a volunteer this year yelling me to "walk your bike!" and get in my way...and I was the only person he did that to.

Power on this was 253. I went shirtless because I could at this race and it helped keep me cool but I was still sweating like a mad man though. Course was pretty crowded by lap 2 and TONS of people wouldn't stay right. I yelled and yelled "on your left" to one guy and he wouldn't move over and he was going maybe 1mph slower than me so it felt like he was blocking me. Against my judgement I just passed him on the right.

I went out too easy on this. FTP is 294 and I know I can't keep that up for a race but by lap 2 I told myself this felt too easy for a sprint. On the final lap into transition, I was booking it at 350 to catch up which was a stupid idea since I was really hurting on run start.

Probably the fastest T2 I've ever done. Speedlaces really helped here. Able to get shoes on fast and avoid the cramps I normally get for trying to bend/reach to tie my shoes.

Nothing.

I was dying here. I've had shin splits for the past 4 months and am STILL trying to get over them. After 5 weeks off running, I'm back up to ~25mpw with no speed work as they aren't ready for it yet and boy could I feel the lack of speed work on this run! I was dying on this run. Starting out I instantly just wanted to walk. I can't believe I didn't stop. I was bargaining with myself since I knew I was in 5th place (4th actually I found out since 1 guy only did 2 laps on bike). I was hot, I was very thirsty, and if I had my HR data, I know it would be 170+ easily.

I knew a guy was right behind in my T2 so my goal was to stay him off. At mile 2, my hat flew off, so I had to get that. Sucked but gave me a 5 second rest. I grab water at the start of the run and at mile 2. I was just too thirsty. I should have drank more on the bike for sure. At mile 2.5 the guy passes me. I saw him and he didn't look like he was in my AG and I just let it go. Turned out it was 10 year range for divisions, so he was in my AG. Doh.. Either way, I had nothing more to give. Normally at the end of races I end with this super sprint but I had nothing, I mean nothing in reserve. My GF and her mom said I looked like I was really hurting and they could tell my shin was hurting since I was running on my right side. I didn't consciously feel it but I know it hurt since it was and still is very warm after the race.

Not much. Run fitness is not where I want to be with shin splits. I'm planing REALLY safe now and am slowly added miles each week. After my HIM next week I'll start to add some light speed work back in.

Got a cold towel and just sat there. Drank bottle of water and gatoraid. Still thirsty. Should have downed more water at start and also drank more on run.


Heat and lack on training.


I like this race. Very well organized with tons of volunteers and nice people. It will always be on my list of races to do.