XTERRA Lake Tahoe - Long Course - Triathlon

Ok,I know I am a slow swimmer, but this does not accurately reflect total time swimming. I exited the water at 37 minutes. T1 was about 3/4 of a mile away--that jog time is included in the swim time. But yeah, still slow.
Side note...when I did the beach run between laps I yelled to my daugher "that was so fun I'm going to do that again!" I guess an elderly gentlemen heard me and laughed and laughed and thought that was the funniest thing. Made me smile to know I unknowingly made someone laugh.

Nothing! Swam my usual calm, cool, slow swim.

A little slow I guess, but whatev.

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Ummm...yeah. I'm glad I did a bunch of mountain biking in the desert this summer--lots of sand there too. I'm a good--albeit slow--climber. I just don't get how those racers actually 'race' those climbs! There were a few spots I had to get off and push--either due to getting stuck in sand, or just too steep to actually move forward and stay upright! The Flume Trail was the highlight of the course--absolutely breathtaking views--the only problem I was too scared to look too long! The left side was mountain, the right side was drop offs--but out in front was Lake Tahoe and so much beauty to take in. It was awesome. The loop around Marlette Lake was amazing too--until the climbing started again! The downhill was a bit above my pay grade--had to walk some sections to stay alive. But, the last few miles were fast and fun--a little bit of fishtailing here and there due to that darn sand.

Honestly I'm not sure. I guess work on climbing faster or with more power. As for the downhill stuff, only technical practice will help that, I'm a bit of a wuss with that.

Again, could probably move faster. My legs were trashed and my fingers were in a permanent clench from surviving the bike!

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The race director described the course as relatively flat--he should have used air quotes around the word relatively. It felt like a lot of ups and downs. I would call this more of a suggested run--I walked quite a bit of it. The mind was willing, my legs just weren't. When I saw my time I was surprised it was this slow, I FELT like I was walking (almost jogging at times!) fast but apparently I was on a nature stroll.

More brick workouts perhaps? More hill running for strength?

Sat in the shade. My lovely daughter met me with a Sprite (post drink of champion middle aged back of packers everywhere). She also took my shoes off for me--which has become her post race job, what a girl!


My ability to perform faster! Lol! I am concerned about how slow (well slower than my normal slow!) my run is lately. I'm not happy with that. Time to change something.

I gave this race a good mark just because it really was awesome and I did it, however slowly I did it...I still did it! I rock!



Xterra Lake Tahoe...swim, climb climb climb, climb some more, and run.