Well it was my first triathlon of the season and I came nowhere near my goal. I am not going to make any excuses but this one: Without proper training you simply can’t win, no matter how much you think you can.
It pretty much rained all night which I knew would make the course a horrible mess(it’s a mountain bike course). I had a crazy dream that bigdave came out for this race and they cancelled the bike portion which we would make up on a later date. But when I woke up for real it was not raining so I knew the race would go on.
I got body marked and made my way to the start. You kind of seed yourself in this race and I was in the sub-5 category. I jumped in and remembering from last year, I paced myself well. After about half-way I turned it up a notch andfinished the swim at a very good pace for me. Swim time:4:33.220
T1: 2:31.029 kind of slow
Got on my bike and made my way to the mud-bog. The course was in terrible shape. It was super wet and muddy. I was cranking hard and I made it to the first turn-around. Downhill for a bit now I was able to pass one person then another person passed me. One more uphill section then it was time to head back to the transition area. You had to be a little bit careful or you would slide right off the trail. Back to the transition for the start of the run. Bike time:33:52.421
T2:00:18.666 Really fast
Sarted the run and I felt pretty good. I passed one guy right away and made it to the downhill section. I was going fast but when it flattened out again I started to run out of gas. Two guys passed me and I couldn’t keep up. Now the final uphill section and really feeling it. I managed to keep a pretty good pace and when it flattened out again I was able to turn on the juice for the finish. Run time:22:59.463
Total time:1:04:14.799
Not too bad at all. I ended up 15th overall and 3rd in my age group. Oh yeah, did I mention that I rocked a bright blue speedo?
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April 25th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
I was going to make a joke about your speedo, but I am sitting on my couch watching the Price is Right and it does not seem like I have the authority to give you any grief at this time. I think I will dust off the bike and make something happen for myself today. Thanks for the inspiration…..jerk
April 25th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Hairy Banana Hammocks Batman…
Nice work considering the mtb conditions slowed you down.
April 25th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
way to go, R! ablue speedo and a stylish haircut. love it! you sure you don’t have some german heritage?
that’s a nice 5k after that effort. You should be proud of the results, including your overall finish.
April 25th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
i am proud of those results. its just that my ultimate goal was to win and i thought that i could. i went from 51st overall last year and 15th age group to 15th and 3rd respectively….not too shabby!
April 25th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
We were proud to witness the event and your performance bro!
Amazing how people will get out of the way for a hard charging Rocky Mountain hairless spotted brown bear wearing a Speedo that’s 2 sizes too small . . . way to rock it my friend!