St. Anthony's Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I thought the swim was way harder this year. For starters, I got stuck behind and in between people a TON until the first turn, and even until the second I felt like I was battling people. There were a lot of bigger swells this year, and I never felt like I could get a good motion going. I was pretty disappointed in my time because I think I'm much faster than that...I did better last year but I think there were less waves.

This was my worst transition in a long time.

I think I basically dogged it...my pre-race wasn't very good in setup so getting my gear together took way longer.

My bike was pretty weak, I think. I didn't dog it but I didn't push nearly hard enough. I was faster than last year but I should easily be above 20mph...there were a lot of times that I knew I wasn't throwing down and should have.

Also, I got six minutes in drafting penalties, which I'm going to appeal. Each of the three penalties were called when I was passing another rider, NOT when I was behind them. And given the number of very fast riders who were so obviously drafting, I really don't see what in world officials were doing messing with weekend warriors like me. Lame.

push harder

I had to move a couple of bikes to get mine in...not cool, but what can you do when your neighbors have left you like this. My T2 time should be way closer to 2:00.

I had a great run and felt great the whole time. I might have been able to push just a little more that last mile but I was enjoying myself so I didn't. I cut about six minutes off of last year's run time, so I'm pretty happy about that. I think I can run a legitimate 48minute 10K so we'll see if that happens in a few weeks.

nothing

drinking fluids


brainz


I love this race. It's huge but to me that's part of the fun. I'd do it every year if it were feasible.