Callaway Gardens Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Once again and as per usual, MO is to cover the distance as briskly as possible without torquing my cardio..5th in AG is good enough.

Devote myself to perfecting the art? Nah.

I was so much faster than anyone else in AG here and in T2, you might wonder if I was cutting corners or something. Nope, just moving with a purpose.

I won AG right here. Passed three guys from AG by the mid point of the second loop and never looked back. This is my third time racing here and it's a good course to have a little familiarity with..Tight turns, etc.

I cafoodled with my bike set-up the day before the race - Slightly higher seat, slight downward adjustment to aerobars..Seemed comfortable enough.

Go even harder through the turns..

See T1 comments..

The weak point of the day..Legs had no freshness for the first 3 miles and I actually did walk a few steps somewhere in there. Found a little rhythm towards the end.

I passed a few folks from other AG's and then got passed by the first place woman who was posilutely flying..All in all, respectable run on a fast course.

Mental toughness..Such an elusive mistress.

It was a good day and reasonably approximated current fitness level. I was three minutes ahead of next person in AG, took a minute off last year's time, and made no significant errors in judgement.

Frankly, to go faster than this will probably call for more attention to swimming which is the weakest link..Can do.


I really like it here..Bike course is a little different in that you don't generally see so many 90' turns. Mostly closed course is so preferable to riding on shared road, and the run course is definitely fast.

I plan to keep coming back.