It was a really short swim.

I don't know what else to do. It was weird not pushing off the wall.

Since this is a reverse tri, I'm considering this transition to be from bike to swim. I remembered my goggles this time!

I should have racked my bike closer to the bike exit rather than at the farthest point away from it. D'oh.

I was really pushing it on the downhills and getting some speed. There's a climb at the end of the loop that you have to go over 3 times. It's a small hill, but I could see a lot of beginners having some trouble. A guy on a fixie was surprisingly keeping up with me and passing me up on the climbs.

At the last turn before transition my chain popped from my front derailleur. It cost me a good couple minutes to put it back on. I think what caused it was shifting into the turn anticipating an uphill climb. Next time I'll just gun it.

Since this is reversed I'm considering this the run to bike transition. Got my shoes off and popped on my bike shoes. Didn't do a flying mount.

Rack my bike closer to the run entrance / bike exit! I was as far as I could possibly be, and it made it a little longer.

Run is fine and something I've been practicing. However, since the blood donation I've been finding it harder to gain more speed. Then again I've been slacking on my mileage per week.

There was a 13 year old girl that left me in the dust. She was bloody fast.

More run training. Run more per week, especially since it's still the off season for me.

I felt a little nauseated for some reason after the race. It could have been because of the GU shot I took 15 minutes before the start. Took my stomach a few minutes to settle before I could eat one of the bananas and oranges.


More training and my chain popping.


I raced last year, and it's a REMARKABLE improvement this year. The bike and run courses were redone and well marked. The transition areas were set up better. The only caveat with transition was that it was pretty crowded so bikes were all over the place. The finish was nicer. The race bag freebies were great (water bottles and IKEA coasters). They made sure to have lots of race talks explaining everything. Gladly it DIDN'T RAIN, though there's no way the race staff can predict that.

It's really unfortunate that Tri-Carson's inaugural race turned a lot of people off from doing it again this year. The members of Long Beach Tri Club were a big help in changing things for the better. I may be biased since I live in the city, but I'm happy for this little race. I'll be doing it every year I can to show my support.