CaveMan Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

For races like this where you have to put down you expected finish time, I can’t see why this confuses so many people,, Go swim the 300 yards or what ever and see how long it takes,, don’t guess, Don't swim just 25 and extrapolate the rest. Or think you will get faster on race day. A couple of people in the first couple of dozen people were hanging on the wall after 50 yards.. then again I’m sure these are the ones that ended up with a swim time of less than 2min so they now believe they are really that fast.. I won’t even comment on the rest of the swim timing mistakes. I put down 4:25 thinking that would be about right and not wanting to push it too much.

The pool was very shallow were we started and they allowed us into the pool before starting us so you could get a push off the wall which was nice, but no cannon ball for me today. I started to joke around with jonny who was lined up still when I heard someone yell “GO” it took me a second to realize they were talking about me.. then I took off.. I was planning on starting easy then building but nearly at the end of the first wall I was on the guys feet in front of me,, from then on I always made sure I was on the side of the lane closest to where we would be going next so I could pass at the wall or just cut off people’s angle.. this worked great.. I passed about 4-5 people in the first 200-225 without any real log jams and had clean water to the end.. someone did catch me right at the ladder, but I had good position and we were both able to use it at the same time. My official time was 4:17 I believe and since you had to climb out of the pool, then run/jog to transition before you crossed the mat I’ll claim it took me at least 5sec for that maybe 10 secs at the most though ..that’s why I’m claiming 4:12 still a nice pace though. it was most likely more but since I didn’t’ use my watch. I couldn’t look down to see what my swim time was… considering this was going to be my only bright spot today I should have done that.


I should have busted out with the butterfly for the first 25...

I saw Michael right away and he did a nice job with me to transition and gave me someone to chat with, it’s pretty sad though when you cheering section is moving faster than you,,, had my shoes all clipped in and ready for the flying mount, but I had looked where the mount line was earlier, if it was after the small u-turn I’d do it,, since it was before I look back, laughed for a sec, then stopped and got on regular style…. Sorry dude.

Eat More Bacon

I’m sure my bike times would be better if I didn’t’ spend all my free training time typing out novel size RR’s or playing mafia wars online…. (PM me to join my mafia)

I’d say I got up to speed quickly but since I never got up to speed that would be a very bold claim. I got my right foot in pretty easily but for some reason I had an issue with my left,, I didn’t really worry about it and just kept riding,, well past the first turn I slid my foot into place. And then the death ride/march was under way… I have a nice list of reasons why I had no speed today, but it’s mostly since I’ve been a real slacker training wise… I did get a nice red mantard butt shake when jonny cruised by. I pretty much got passed by the entire field on the bike,, with the exception of the people that wanted to pass me while running.. I did slow way down (if that’s possible) at the one turn around to watch this guy yelling at the cop for holding him up,, I was really hoping he get tazered or something, but what ever the cop did or said this guy shut up pretty fast and got back in his car.

So lets see.. blah ,, blah ,, Hmm I was on the bike,, riding,,, oh yea.. I actually finished before the time limit was up,,

Lots of wind out there today, but it's been windy a lot lately. So I was glad I was too lazy to put the race wheels on. Looking at my ride info afterwards, the first 10 min wasn't bad, the next 20 min sucked and the end was ok.. I just had my computer on avg speed and after the first lap it was maybe high 14's so I guess I did better the 2nd lap.

ride faster, use more coupons when grocery shopping

I did a ok dismount waved to the crowd and that was about it.. walked into transition, put my stuff up, decided since these shoes are still fairly new to put some socks on and went out for my run..

They dont' have a time listed for T2, there were some timing issue's with the race to say the least


not be a social butterfly. have a unicycle for transitions

The run course was typical DA, you are running on a sidewalk dodging people, then start the zig/zap,, run a loop over here, jump on this trail a bit, but I actually liked this course… a bunch of guys were playing cricket, in the field… I mean who plays cricket in the states?? I thought maybe they were a terrorist group or something,, wasn’t it the movie “Syrian” or “Traitor” where the future terrorists were playing cricket.. if it was in a movie it must be true. Anyway I made sure to slow way down to watch them and see if they hit the ball anywhere near me,, I was going to steal it and see if I got waterboarded if I didn’t’ give it back..

the rest of the run was pretty uneventful run wise,, but spectator wise was really good, Jen and Craig were out there, saw David G for a sec or two ,, Todd (who finished a few hours ahead of me) Jenny and their kids were out there cheering. Along with this cute lady who I met at a race before and have been unsuccessfully stalking for a while now. ( I keep forgetting the whole effort part ) but she was wearing too much eyeliner in my opinion, still a cutie though..

Johnny was done by then and cheering along with Karen who wasa cheering machine out there. Saw Steve for a bit on the run course, waved at Marcy a few times.. took a few walk breaks so I could do an all out sprint at the end to fool no one.. etc. broke the tape at exactly E59 like planned


steal the cricket ball, ask about the meals at Gitmo. act like it's a race and I'm on a clock

Hung out, talked,, told tall tales of my greatness.. found my shirt from before the swim,, blah blah blah


lack of a few things that are needed for a race such as; effort, training, attention span, focus, determination. Also of note was too much concern over the swine flu and the potential impact on bacon sales.


Like others have said.. I really want to like the DA races. they make an effort to make them fun, but they seem to mess up something basic each time.