Bartlett Lake Tri 3/22 (Page 2)

I swam in it that morning and it was really cold. I had a full wetsuit on too. Did the sprint course on my MTB which was fun and challenging. This is my first tri so we'll see how it goes. I met Andy and Milton while was out and they offered good advice and wisdom...I am looking into getting clipless for my MTB. Road/Tri bike most likely to follow.

 Matt

 Guess I need a signature since you all have one. Until I do... "Fighting for peace is like for virginity"....some smelly hippy.

Bib check-in time....  I'm 429

Heard the water is cold......100 in for the OLY and 150 for the sprint

I see Tr-Family Racing is still using an 9-yr old kid and his ClipArt collection to design their shirts (Not that I do an event for the shirt, but come on....is that a Diver on the shirt? )

Yeah, their shirts are horrible. They really need to get a different graphic designer.

I am ready to go.

#488

Find a good swim coach!!

Some people go the extra mile...heck I go the extra 4 to 5 miles. Oh Yeah I missed the sprint turnaround as it was not marked. I am newbie should I know that a cop sitting in his car with 2 cones next to each and no signs means turn around. However they did have a sign for the oly turn around on horseshoe dam rd. That's where I realized I was putting in some extra miles. It's a bummer cause I was doing well. I just kept telling myself not be upset you're doing good. On my way back they had a sign and people there...lame! I am proud as I never stopped swimming, pedaling or running.

 Here's my results:

400m swim 9th 9:41

14-15 mile bike with transitions 1:35:29 (on a MTB)

2.2 mile Run 26:14

Probably could have placed if not for the turn around crap. Oh well it was my first

 Had a great time hanging out with Milton and Ryan.

Great Job Everyone!

Man that was the hardest race ever. For my first olympic tri, that was just brutal. The swim was great and I was actually most worried about that. The bike was hard, I think I was in my easiest gear on my bike for half the race. Then my max speed was 42.4 mph coming down the hills.

The run, oh the run, that was just mean. You ran straight up this hill for the first mile and then it was gradually down hill for the next 2 miles to the turn around. So you knew it was going to hurt coming back up the hill. Mile 4 and 5 were just painful. I had to walk a few times just for a few steps. There was no one to chase in front of me and no one behind me on the run so I didn't try to kill myself. 

I was happy when I saw that I got 1st in my age group and 14th overal. I look forward to doing an olympic distance on a flat course.

It was great to meet some BTers, I met aztipros (matt) and saw Milton after the race. Saw Chad out on the bike course. He looked like he was working hard on the bike so I told him to shift to an easier gear, but he already was to his easiest, doh!