St. Anthony's Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Overall I felt the swim was just as comparable as last year. I figured something out this year, even though I can swim the distances, because of my in-effeciency in the water that IT is what kills my run times at the end of the race. Note to self, learn how to swim.


Learn to swim more efficiently, although I did everything the same as last year, and my time was pretty much the same.

Used Body glide on the bottom of the suit this time and practiced getting out of the suit over the past few weeks, so I had not problems like I did at the Clermont race earlier this month.

Transition went smooth, not much more I would do differently at the moment.

This year I was forced to ride my road bike due to my TTX being in the shop with a cracked top tube. I lost 1mph from last years race, causing me to lose over over 3 minutes from last year. I had a decent ride considering I was not aero, and the bike is not fit for me to come off and run, so by the end of the ride from Time Trialing on a Road bike, my Hamstrings were shot, but over all I thought a good ride.

After I started riding, and if I ever have to ride the road bike again, I will use my Aero helmet instead of the my Atmos. I didnt think about it and just went with the normal flow, of road bike = road helmet. I would have definitely would have benefited from its use.

That my transitions were much better this race then just 3 weeks ago.

I still need to get the Yankz for those damn shoes!

Well couple of things . . just couldn't get it together on the run. I had issues with my legs coming off the bike, I had fatigue about half way through, my best mile was probably between 5-6-finish, probably due to the adrenaline of finishing. I think that the week of having the Flu and not training really worked against me today, as 3 weeks earlier on an much harder course I was able to maintain a 9 min mile and I averaged 10 min mile today.

Not get the Flu and get my Time Trial Bike back

I think the week of the Flu set me back for this race, even though I felt great, that lost week of training really took its toll today. I also think being on the road bike that is fit for me to ride road races and Crits, was not optimal for this course and then having to run afterwards.


St. Anthony's continues to be my favorite race of the season, mainly because its right here in my back yard, but also it is one of the best ran and organized races I have ever races going on 5 years now, and each year they just out do themselves from the years past.