Waterloo Triathlon - July 15th

Well the Waterloo Triathlon was certainly an experience. I loved the course and the weather was great. I really enjoyed the trail run. Most of it was in the shade and the paths were pretty obvious. The Tri was an 800 yard swim, 16 mile bike and a 5 mile run.

Overall I did very well with a 2:08 at the finish. My swim was a disappointment. I figured that I would come in at roughly 16 minutes and I didn't get in until 21.35 minutes. The tri was the first time that I had worn a wetsuit and the experiment failed miserably. At about 100 yards into the swim, I felt very uncomfortable and eventually took the suit off and gave it to a canoeist. I got a two minute penalty, but I finished the swim.

My transitions went very well this time. I believe that I was about 2 minutes at each transition. The finished the bike segment in roughly 53 minutes (19 MPH). The bike course had quite a few rolling hills that we not to tough to move through. During the run I felt pretty good. I feel I could have pushed it a little more in retrospect. I finished the run in 50 minutes.

Waterloo Triathlon