The bike was not much better since the first half was a lot of up hill and directly into the the winds most of the time. There were a couple steep downhills into the wind that I barely hit 15 mph. Without the wind I'd probably of been doing 25-30 mph. The course was a little short, just over 23 miles, and I did it in 1:13:52 which I was happy with considering I don't train in hills and am generally a weak biker.
The run was a hilly trail run that was a little long. They said about 6.4 miles. My legs were shot from the bike and I'm kind of out of running shape but I finished in 53:55. I had hoped to do 8 mm so I was a little slow.
Total time was 2:44:50. Had a long T1 cause I cut open my toe at the start of the swim. I tried to wipe the lake gunk out of the wound. My sock was a bloddy mess by the end of the race. Without the wind I think I would of been pretty close to my goal of 2:30.
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1st....Way to go and a great job of over coming adversity. One of the beauities of Triathlon is you never know what it's going to throw at you. You overcame the weather and injury and turned in a very respevtable time. Great Job !
I'm in the mid-West and not far away from the race. I was glad I wasn't racing in that wind !