I'm still not comfortable running at this pace. Must train harder on the run. Completed the run in 24th place overall; Mayde was only a few seconds behind as 1st female.



Oops, I gotta fartlek.

Passed a couple of guys in transition.

Nothing really.

Passed eight swimmers in the first two hundred meters, but it took me forever with so much traffic. Got passed twice by two swimming non-runners.

Felt really sloppy. I wanted to go sub-8 min, but just barely made it sub-9 min.

Another good transition. Came out of the pool in 16th place.

Not much.

It was funny that people whom I passed on the swim and never repassed me were "finishing" already as I was on my last lap!

Let's just say that being tired probably affected the ability of counting to 10 for some people.

I think the same thing happened to Mayde on the women's side. She finished third (33:22), but under very suspicious conditions regarding 1st and 2nd place.

I guess the honor's system didn't really work this time, but we tried not to let it get to us since we did this race for fun and "speed" training.


I need to train at faster speeds. I see intervals and accelerations in my future. I can deal with being a slow swimmer, but I hate not even remotely feeling like a runner.

Can't whine too much since my goal was to go sub-30 min and race at a steady pace, and I just barely did. Fast transitions helped in this super-sprint.


Can't really talk about organization since we organized this informal race among some of the runners, swimmers and triathletes who train at La Trinidad facilities. Part of our intention was to promote multisport.

Lots of single-sports experts raced. It was a nice sight to see the track people flying on the run. However, the first three male spots went to triathletes!