Cedar Beach Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Water was a bit choppy, but breathing only left actually helped me since I face away from chop for 3/4 of the course. It's uncanny how I always manage to be a magnet for guys with poor sighting. Course was big enough and field small enough for everyone to have their own water, yet there I was getting roughed up by the same guy for 200 yds. Guess it doesn't say much for my ability to drop these wayward swimmers. But hey, it was fun.

Umm..train?

Pretty decent transition. Pam came over and chatted with me during transition, that was nice. I complained how I need to get faster at transitions, I think she took this to me she was slowing me down. Quite the contrary, I probably went faster because she was there..trying to look like a tri stud and all. Again, I forgot how tough it is to look cool in T1 when there are about 5 bikes left in transition.

Talk to Pam more :)

I knew the course pretty well since, when I did train, I would often ride through this course. Hills killed me from lack of training and lack of weight loss. But I sure did have fun on downhills. One downhill you always have to stop during training because of an intersection, today it was blocked by police and you could bomb it. This is where I probably reached my max of 38.1 mph. I saw Pam again at the turnaround for first loop. Got passed by race leaders somehwere out there..Holy Crap are they fast! I did manage a negative split as Computer had me at 14.1 mph for 1st loop and 14.6 for full course. Not exactly Armstrong numbers, but silver lining nonetheless! :)

Umm..train (Seeing a pattern here) ;)

Pretty good T2 for me. Actually thought I forgot something :)

Zippo

Uggghhh!! What can I say? Extra weight & Lack of training really caught up with me on run. I tried to push but just couldn't. I also think I lack mental toughness to just force myself through hard parts. I would like to strengthen my mental toughness in off season, not sure how to do this? As I was finishing Loop 1 I see Eva & Lucas!! I stopped for 3 seconds to give them each a big kiss, this was the first tri they've ever been to together! I passed them again on 2nd loop and did same thing, so I probably could have shaved 6 seconds off of my run but it was best 6 second "penalty" ever! I saw them again as I came into finishing chute, but grabbing Lucas seemed a little over the top for a Sprint, so I abstained.

See above

Hung out with Eva & Lucas and talked with Matt. Didn't see Mike, he was probably home, showered, and fed already before I finished. :) Talked with my new friend Virginnie and took pictures of her and her husband as she gleamed with 3rd place AG Medal around her neck.


Lack of Training.


I gave this race a 4 because even though it was first year, JP puts on a good event and he will work out the kinks. His schwag bags and post race food/raffles always outdo his local competition. We got blessed with with the weather, since early October can be horrendous in NY, instead it was bordering on being too warm.