For the 2nd year in a row, I participated in this event. Much like last year, my training had slowed prior to this event, but, this would be my 7th Tri of the year, and, while still a painfully slow swimmer, I have improved a bit over the past 12 months.
This event is huge (for a local sprint), as almost 700 athletes attend.
I had a few issues going into this one:
- I was somewhat ambitious on my swim time. I registered at 6:45, when I was over 9 minutes a year ago.
- My back bike tire was not holding air for long. I aired it up (from flat) last night, to find it soft again this morning. I changed the tube, only to have the new tube explode while I was inflating it. Back to the old tube. I was concerned that the tire may go soft prior to the bike leg.
- lack of training. I had not been in the water in a month, and on the bike in 18 days.
when my time came, I hit the water. I quickly found traffic, so found myself breast stroking much of the time. frustrating.
Off to the bike. not much to report here, but, I certainly felt my lack of saddle time. This course has a few hills, so can be somewhat fatiguing.
The run was about the same as a year ago. I did get to visit with someone that had a few mutual friends, and saw several familiar faces and "tri friends".
When it was all said and done, I improved by 5 minutes over last year, and, was faster in every leg. not too shabby.
I will need to replace tires and tubes this week, and, I'm kinda glad that Tri season is coming to a close. I'll hit another Tri or 2 in the next few weeks, plus Bronda's Du. After that, it's all running for a bit.
Next up, Monster Tri Denton.
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