Soma 1/4 man Triathlon - TriathlonOther

I was barely in the water when the horn sounded. I understand the guy has a schedule to keep but it was not our fault that we were not in the water. The swim was the usual. Some kicking, tugging etc. I improved 5 minutes from last year. I am still not very fast but am much more comfortable in the water. I see all kinds of people resting and doing different strokes. I rounded the last bouy to turn home and not one but two people were doing ths back float sort of thing. I was like come on, take that to the outside not right at the bouy.

I felt pretty good considering I have not been swimming on a regular basis.

The wetsuit strippers saved me about 5 minutes here. I was going great until I had to wipe the dry grass off my feet to put on my socks. I have gotten much better at running and jumping on my bike and going.

Nada

I'm right there with PJ on this. I stink at the bike. I just simply do not have enough experience. Just when I forgot about the expansion joint on Scottsdale; Boom! Although there were several u turns. I actually liked the course. I also liked the refs that were incognito. I was rollin down McClintock when this Harley is driving behind me. The whole time I was thinking some cop should get him off the course until he made the u-turn and I saw the ref with a notepad in his hand. It was great to see Cactus Steve out there taking pics

Train more.

I'm much better at this. I have learned to ride with my feet on top jsut before the last turn. I now just hop off and go. Funny. I got to my rack and this guy next to me is in T2. The whole time his wife is yacking at him. I was thinking the guy just wants you to shut up so he can move on with his life. I was getting tired of her.

Nada

I was'nt sure what to expect considering the last time I ran 6+ miles was the Disney half way back on Labor Day. I did a lot of walking and some running for the first three miles. I then decided I should get going. I ran up on Cody at about 4.5 and paced him to the finish. The out and back did not seem as bad this year. That was nice.

Just train some more. Some bricks would help.

The slip and slide was fun. Getting out of the slip and slide not as fun. Just hung out and talked to a few friends including Sue Berlinger the owner of Sweat magazine.


Training and the heat. It was 90 degrees.


Another fun race. The race had some kids bouncing thingys at the finish. This kept my daughter and her friends entertained during the race.