Chisago Lakes Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

I'm not sure if the swim was long or what but everyone's times were slow. THere is no way I swam at a 2:34 pace so I'm guessing the swim was longer then 440 yards.

First two hundred yards or so I had a trouble with my breathing - for some reason I wasn't exhaling under water. Once i figured that out, the rest of the swim went fine.

Focus on breathing right out of the gate.

no problems here. Not the fastest but not bad either considering it was a bit of a jog to the T area.

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It was a PB for me on the bike so no complaints! Previous best was 20.2 mph.

HR was Z4/Z5 most of the ride but I didn't feel too tired so I just ignored it. I did use my inhaler about half way through the race and that seemed to help.

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No problems here either. It was really nice seeing my HR down in zone 1 leaving the transition area. The additional biking seems to have paid off as I felt pretty good heading out to the run.

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Also had a PB on the run. The run is my biggest weakness and I've never been able to run sub 9 minute mile in a race so I was very happy with managing an 8:39 pace. Probably could have pushed it a bit harder but this is the first time I felt good on the run so I kept waiting for that "i'm about to die" feeling to hit, but it never did.



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Waited for my wife to finish, then we grabbed some food and headed home.


The run.


Overall I thought they put on a good race. The transition area is really crowded and I wasn't a fan of the last 1/4 mile of the bike but I'm not sure they have a lot of choices.