St. Anthony's Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Swim was cnx'ed. Instead we lined up for a time trial start. You could wear whatever you wanted (as long as it was legal) so almost everyone had helmets and stuff on. I would say this was one of the "unfair" things the RD did. Ideally he would have said you can't wear anything you wouldn't have coming out of the swim. I mean, people were all decked out in their GLOVES and SOCKS and CAMELBACKS. I could have gained a lot of time on those folks in transition if they had not been allowed to put all of that on before the start.

Tell the RD not to be a pussy and let us swim.

Well, since I already had my helmet and sunglasses on, all I had to do was run to my spot, put on my bike shoes and GO. My flip flops were hard to run in. Otherwise, no real issues with this. I went as fast as I could.

Find something easier to run in than flip flops.

Supposed to go RPE of 15/20. I think I did.

I saw a few instances of blatant drafting but the course amazingly was not much more crowded than I remember it being in years past.

Nothing else memorable. Yeah, it was windy.

Oh I sucked this one up. I couldn't find my rack. The problem was that instead of having bikes on the same rack in consecutive order...they did something else. Case in point...the bike racked right next to mine (so, on the same rack, just facing the other way) was racer #3664. My number was #3759. Wouldn't that confuse you?

I usually don't have a problem finding my bike. There were NO good landmarks. I was several rows in and right in the middle.

Find my bike the first time.

Hot. Very hot. Do I need to say anything else? I was supposed to go RPE of 17/20. I did okay to start, probably faded in the middle due to the heat, and picked it up a bit at the end. I was HURTING. So hot....OMG hot....

I couldn't find anyone so I just got my stuff and left.


Carrying an extra 50 pounds I don't need.


I probably won't ever do this race again. It wasn't just the RD decision to cnx the swim for everyone but pro's. I have to admit I think that was STUPID. The water wasn't that bad...the pro's times PROVED that. We could have handled it. Offer people the option to not do the swim and the majority of your folks that would have DNF'ed on the swim are probably going to take you up on it...and the other 95% of the people would have been able to do their whole triathlon.

Now, as to why I won't do this race again. The RD is a jackass. He always puts the women last! My original swim wave was scheduled to go off at 0858. 9am! 9-freaking AM in FREAKING FLORIDA! Seriously? The pro's would be LONG DONE before I even got to START! It's just flat out wrong to make the women have to deal with the worst of the heat every year. We've all complained and he won't change it. I will not do this race again until he changes that policy. I was going to MELT on that run.

Since I was last...the food tent was full so I didn't get any food. The massage tent was full so I didn't get a massage. This race just isn't worth the time or money it takes. I could have paid my coach for a month with the amount of money I spent on my HALF of a hotel room.

Nope, no more St. A's for me. I am done with it.