Crystal Lake Triathlon - Triathlon

Started up front and hopped on the feet of the leader of our wave. Stayed right there for the entire swim, amazing! I was checking his sighting with my own on the way out, and he had us going perfectly straight, so after the first turn I just trusted it. I was definitely warm in the suit, so when I briefly debated going around him on the home stretch, I thought better of wasting that effort for at most a couple seconds.

Nothing, never drafted so perfectly before.

The transition itself was fine, got out of the suit with ease, and was able to get my bike out from under the very low rack no problem. But after crossing the mat to the mount line, I didn't jump on and fumbled around trying to click in. Frustrating - maybe it's time to practice a flying mount again.

Flying mount

Smashed this ride. Had a tailwind going out, and headwind coming back. Stayed aero disciplined throughout. Made it to the front of the race about 4-5 miles in, leaving behind the two guys I came out of the water with. I was hoping to have a higher watt output, but considering the speed I managed, can't really complain.

Not much, really good ride.

Another poor transition, this time actually in the area. Could not get the damn running shoes on. The tongue of the Vaporflys is a real pain.

Get the shoes on faster

Solid, though I was a little faster last year. Had to find that top gear when I had a pretty sizable lead. Hit the first mile sub-6, and my main motivation was not to have any about 6.

Nothing

Cheered in some friends, then went for a short cool down jog.


With bigger races coming up, this was a train through, with some long and hard runs earlier in the week, that def carried some fatigue into this. But despite not being able to reach the top gear, still had a really good performance, obvious. A course PR, and back to back champ here is pretty cool.


Love having this local race, can't wait to go for the threepeat next year!