Breath of Life Ventura Triathlon - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

This is the part of the race I hate , So i relaxed and went at my pace and enjoyed the swim . Did not try to go fast but just cruise at my sustainable pace and make sure i dont swim any extra yardage due to poor sighting.


Not much it was a huge improvement over last year.

Great T1 ran the whole way up the beach and out onto the bike mount line.
Put on shoes socks , shirt Hr monitor , gu s for the ride and a tube and cartridge in shirt back pocket

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Faster than year

This is where the race starts for me and i had a great bike leg where i hammered hard the whole time passed only by TT bike with very fit folks onboard. Passed many and tons of sprint folks .

I should rig up the gu and the spare kit for the bike so i dont have to load them during my transition.
Faster than last year

This went so fast it was a blur , ran in with bike and out to run start.

Faster than last year

My HR was not that high but my legs could not turn over any faster . I guess i left a lot on the bike course and was running on fumes at this point .
Its my marathon pace so i not should be surprised , but i was really hoping i could run 9 min miles like in my recent half marathon.

2.5 k splits were 15:05 15:26 16:24 AND 18:45 SO I was getting tired .

Keep working on the bricks and drop some LBS ...
Still faster than last year.

Changed into dry clothes and Beer and burger and some stretching.
Hit the beach after the race and it got sunny around 2 pm


I dropped 14 mins from last year , So improved fitness and better race preparation played a big part .



Got plenty of rest and did not work out too hard this week so i had plenty of energy for this years Race . Also took the swim at a confortable pace awoiding traffic and only started my RACE once i hit the beach on the way back from the swim. Maybe should do last brick 2 days before the race instead of the day before.