I finished my birthday triathlon in 1:09 this morning. I could have done a lot better if I hadn't done two things. The first was that I went about 25 meters too far after the second turn in the swim and needed to backtrack. But other than that the swim went really well. I was doing a strong freestyle and did well with it. If I had a wet suit on I would have been unstoppable. But I thought it was a little too hot for a wetsuit (though many others had them).
The second problem was that my calves locked up about 500 yards into the run. So I had to throttle back to a jog. Letting lots of people who I blew away on the bike pass me.
The bike portion was awesome though. I passed countless people. And I sparred most of the distance with a guy on a $5K Quintana Roo bike. He caught me on a hill though and found a better gear than what I had. After that we only had a mile left and I couldn't catch him. Felt good though.
Next time I do this race I'm going to go in the first wave. I opted for the second because the race coordinator said the first was for people that had done 50 triathlons already. As I was talking to people later it was clear that most of the people in the first wave had done it only once before.
Feels good to have done a solid triathlon right around my 39th birthday.
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