My triathlon was this past weekend (Sept. 13, Sand Key Triathlon in Clearwater, Fl). The weather was rough in the morning so they canceled the swim and added in more running (.5 mile run along sandy beach to transition 1)to offset that. The wind was strong and I was not aware that there were 2 large bridges that we had to go over. My training has not included any large hills and so going up and over, up and over, up and over, and up over these bridges, in our 11 mile trek was killer. My legs were shot when it came to the 5K run to say the least.
But I managed to complete the duathlon in 1 hour 17 minutes and 30 seconds. I competed under the category of First Timer and out of 135 I placed 30th. Out of a total of about 800 people racing I finished 401. It was a great experience, but I didn't quite peak the way I wanted to with my diet and I felt very sluggish from the start.
In a few weeks I am going to start into some specific leg weight training for biking and I am going to add large hills to my race training. I am moving to Vilano Beach, Fl and there is a HUGE bridge .5 miles from my new place and I am going to add it to my bike training and just in case, I'm also going to add it to my run training. We will now live directly across the street from the ocean so I will be able to get in a lot swimming. I'm going to start looking for another USAT event for 2010. I will continue to post my training results and hopefully I will have more information about an upcoming event that I can share with you.
