Morgans Little Miami Triathlon - TriathlonOther

Canoe went well. We started out pumping pretty hard and the leveled off a bit. Cut 5 minutes off our time from last year so we were pretty happy about that. Took a Gu and chugged some water about 500m before the stopping point. Got to the finish and jumped out of the boat with shoes on and untied so I was able to keep my feet clean.

Time was included in the canoe time. Had to stop and put socks on as well as go to the potty. Whew that felt better. Headed out onto the run. 3 minutes in the transition area was slow, but having to get everything organized helped in the long run

be a little faster

The bike was actually the finishing segment. Had trouble at the beginning since I just got off the run. Took about 2 miles to get my legs under me. Dropped a water bottle twice on the course and I turned around both times to pick it. It was brand new and the only bottle I had since Simon forgot his and I gave him my other. THe only fluids I had so I needed to keep them and I did not want to lose my brand new bottle. Duh! I really tried to keep my cadence in the 80-85 range. When I started to get over 85 I geared up, and when I went under I geared down. I thought I did pretty well on this. At times the wind was a bitch, but I got passed by no one on the course and passed around 25 people. Very happy about that. The last time I dropped my water bottle a guy in red shorts passed me. When I finally got up and going agian he was 200-250 yards ahead. I HAD to catch him. I told Simon the plan and he said to go for it. He was just hanging on at this point since he had not rid very much this year if at all. So I took off. I had about 2 miles ot get him. With about 300 yards to go I went by him and I heard him say SHIT! I was going about 3 miles an hour faster but he started to mash. Too late. Cruised into the finish, hopped off and jogged through the line. I am glad he was there at the end. He was a good motivator to finish strong. Thanks red short buddy!!

not drop water, train more on the bike. Half Mary training cut into my bike time

T2 time was included in run. Put shoes on and helmet on and I was off

Started the first mile a smidge slower than I wanted but it did nto seem to hurt us too bad. Somewhere between 1030 and 11 min mile. Picked up the pace as we went along. Walked two aid stations long enought to drink the water and then back at it. Got passed by about 8 people but caught all but 3 of them as the course went along. Passed quite a few other people along the way. THe Killer Hill really kicked my butt. I tried to keep a good steady but fast walking pace but I was breathing really heavy, check that - gasping the whole way. That was a monsterous hill.

Maybe run a bit faster? not sure
I had a little too much fluid and felt slightly bloated. Maybe not drink quite as much, or not eat as much breakfast as some of the bloating feeling was residual

dropping water bottles


Went over and had a plate of BBQ and green beans and a cookie after the race. Band was playing while we ate and waited on Tom and Schnee to come across. THey started 12 minutes before us and we finished over 20 minutes ahead so that felt good to beat them. Schnee was one of my old FB coaches from High School so that was really good. heh.