Let the swimmer in my lane go first, caught her 1st lap, she passed me 4th lap, total time from start of swim to entrance of transition area (had to walk all the way around pool, jog 100yds to transition), actual pool time probably 13:40.

Need to work on swimming.

Transition in grass, didn't really push the transitions, dried off pretty good, it was probably 50 degrees

Not dry off

The bike was fun, rough, but fun, my favorite, did start to cramp on 3rd lap

Ride/drive the route before hand

No speed laces, didn't push it

Push a little harder and drink more in the transition

I didn't prepare well for the run do to some Plantar Fasciaitis. I did most of my "run" cardio on the elliptical. The trail was rough, and took a lot of energy for me to keep my balance and make sure i was planting my feet in the right spots.
Had some pretty serious cramps coming out of the transition for first 1.5 miles, so a lot of that was walking and stretching.

More run training.

walked and stretched


This was my second Tri, and First since 2006. I am doing a series this year and this was my warm up event before the series starts in June (for me). I am well into the Clydesdale Class which this race didn't have and am doing Tri's as a motivation to lose weight. training for this race I lost 25lbs, coming down from 246 in January to 221. During my next training cycle I will focus on Running and Swimming.


The race was fun, Durango is a fun town. Lot's of volunteers, race was not chip timed so who knows. 2 drink stations on the run, 1 past halfway, 1 500 yds from the finish? That's my only criticism of the race. Now I have a base and something to shoot for.