Triangle Triathlon - Triathlon

Nice swim. Got kicked in the ear once which hurt but navigated relatively well and felt like I gave a good effort. Couldn't draft off anyone but had people drafting off me. Was quite winded at the end. Looong run up to the transition area. 7/108 in age group. Pretty happy about this, especially given that I haven't been swimming much. Nice to have a swimming background to be able to place here without putting much time into the swimming part.

Not much- nice swim.

Decent transition overall. Took a few secs to get Garmin synced but frankly, I didn't mind standing still for a few seconds to catch my breath. Got on the bike fine and didn't forget anything. Transition was about 20 secs or so slower than the others around me. Age group winners T1 was 2:02, so overall long transition times due to that long run up to the transition area.

I was winded so a slightly slower transition was OK. I put on my shoes, which prob slowed me down a little to, and the Garmin sync thing costs a little time.

Good ride. Only got passed by 6 people, which is good for me, and I kept them in my sights after they passed me. Could probably have pushed harder but wanted something for the run. 13/108 in age group on this, which is prob my best cycling performance in a race so far.

Get faster...a 2 minute gain here puts me in 4th place in age group.

Fast transition- barely stopped. Fasted T2 in age group was 0:56, so not far off the lead on this one!

Not much- had a great flying dismount!

Felt tired during first mile (7:27), OK during second (7:26) and then had lots left in last 0.25 mile. Last mile was 6:36, but Garmin had it ending at 0.96, so prob 6:50 for last mile is more accurate. Garmin measured course as 2.96 miles so pace looks better than it was.

Could have pushed harder in the end but strong finish didn't gain me any ground on the guy in front. I still think I can get faster on the run. This was much better than Buckner Mission Man and Pinehurst.

Got a peach and some HEED. Hosed down with water. Then saw Bill coming in so strolled over to meet him and say hi. Then Andrew came in looking chipper so glad he had a good race. He beat me so can now go to work and tell Matt to leave him alone! Looked around for other BTers but didn't see Keyone (was looking for green shirt) or anyone else. Then had to head out to get home since the kids couldn't make the race site (see below).


Overall fitness. Overall race planning/effort was good so just need to get fitter and stronger on the bike. This is my best placing in age group (top 10%).


They warned about the lack of parking; they DID NOT warn about the fact that the roads would be closed by police, so my wife and kids drove down at around 8, got road blocked and sat there for an hour. Then they finally got to the parking station to find that the shuttle had stopped (no warning on this either) so they were 3 mils from the race site. Total waste of their time. I don't mind closing the course, but Set Up EVents needs to warn people of this more than "the park closes at 7". This almost made me give the race a "1" rating, but the actual race was cool.