Wilmington YMCA Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Felt good on the swim, for some reason I could not find anyone to draft off of, I was swimming by myself for most of the swim which made me think that I was off course, but my time was good so I guess I wasn't. When I got out of the water my wife told me that I was only 50 seconds behind someone I wanted to beat, I was expecting 2-3 minute so I was happy!

Not much, find someone to draft off of.

Had a great transition, I passed a bunch of people from the swim finish to the trasition area, which was in a different place this year, a little farther than usuall. My rack was almost all the way at the end, away from the bike start/finish so it was a long haul to the pavement.

I was pretty happy, I've worked on my transitions and felt like I did a good job.

Biking has been my week link, I was feeling pretty decent on the bike, I got passed 4 or 5 times, and passed a few people. The best part of the bike, and my race was when up in the distance I saw the guy I was trying to beat, we are friends and train together, but a race is a race:) I finally caught up to him as we came back down Eastwood, with maybe a mile or so to go. I debated whether to stay behind him and not let him know that I had caught him and try to take him on the run, or go by him on the bike and see if I could hold him off on the run. I decided to take the instant gratification of going by him on the bike. I rode up along side him as quiet as I could and said good morning. The look of shock and horror on his face was priceless, I know he thought he had enough time banked on the swim. I heard him say "O my God" as I took off. I laughed all the way back to the transition area.

I need to ride more.

Great T2, I was motivated.

We were racked on the same rack, so we came in to T2 together and left together on the run. Unfortunately my catching him on the bike pissed him off, we ran together for maybe 1/4 mile before he pulled away. I thought if I could keep him in sight I could at least make it interesting. Didn't happen! I kinda lost my motivation after that.

Need to work on the mental game. I have a nasty habit of slowing down when someone passes me and I don't think I can keep up.

We had parents weekend at my daughters school, so the warm down consisted of grabbing my bike and gear, running back to the truck and hitting the road for the 3 hour drive.


Lack of consistant biking, my "long" rides are 20 miles, max.


Love this race, next year I will make it more of a priority, I'd love to crack the top ten in my age group.
Got to meet DMark and Supermommy before the race, that was great. It's always nice to put a face with a name.