Wildflower Triathlon - Long Course - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Horrible swim all the way around. Like a dumbass I decided that one tiny droplet mark in my glasses was needed to be cleaned 15 seconds before my wave started. I used my "clean" tri-top and then put them on my head before the gun sounded. Totally blinded in my right eye, and even though the Aqua-Sphere folks were right next to me giving away goggles for those that had trouble I figured I would be ok and just learn from the mistake. I ended up having as bad a swim as I have ever had in my life. The bouys were on the right, and I usually breathe the majority of the time on the right, but my right goggle was worthles. I would almost run into the folks on paddle boards on the bouy line, and then sight ten strokes later and be heading out to the middle of the lake the next. I easily swam an additional few hundred meters if not a half mile. I would catch people and then lose them, only to zig zag way away from my path.

That just sucked, I felt like I was blind out there, as the only thing I could see was the form of the bouys ahead, and the form of the folks next to me with the paddle boards. WHen I held a straight line I was fast and fluid, but those were brief moments in an otherwise shitty swim.

Get different goggles. I only have had these goggles a few weeks but I loved them, however that coating inside the lenses that keeps the fogging down to zero also scratches real easy.

Next time I will take the time to let the Aquasphere folks give their product away, I bet I would have come in sub 35mins had I taken the minute to get my crap squared away with goggles I could see with. I have since acquired Aquasphere goggles.

I used sport shield and it wasn't as good at getting the suit off my calves and such, won't do that again.

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This is a hard course and I knew it would hurt. It did as I thought it would. The hills killed me. I knew they would and given that this was my second over 2hr ride off the trainer during the last six months I say I did ok.

Train more, but I made great strides in work, school and with my family during this training period so I don't wish I did anything drastic but just did a long run/ride each week.

As good as it could be under the circumstances. I felt fast in transition as it was a pretty big transition and I crashed my bike when my shoe fell off the pedal after I dismounted.

Nothing

RUN MORE.

RUN MORE.

Hiked my crap up to the camp and then came back after an Ice-bath and lunch to see the winners take their prizes.

I had a few folks snapping pics of me sitting in my big cooler covered in 80lbs of ice, but I bet it helped.



RUNNING MORE BEFORE THE RACE


Great race, I hope to be a fixture there for years to come.