Today was the annual Babler Beast Triathlon in Wildwood, MO Its your basic triathlon, 500 meter swim, 12.5 mile bike ride and 2.8 mile run. The difference here is the that there are some huge hills out there in Babler park. If you biked or hiked out there you know what I'm talking about!
This year, the pool was open (last year it was closed due to storms) so it was a normal tri. My start time was at 9am so it was going to be a hot one. This is the dog days of summer here in the St. Louis are so by 10am the temps are already in the 90s with that wonderful humidity index added in so you must drink down the sodium to keep from cramping.
I did well in the pool but my transitions are terrible. I wanted to were my Garmin 305 but had problems while on the bike. From now on no more Garmin, only for training purposes only. I did very well on the three laps on the bike, averaging about a 19mph with a max speed of 48 mph down those steep hills. Since I didn't have the Garmin I don't know how fast I ran but I finished the race in 1 hour and 10 minutes. I was forth in my Age group and 27th overall. It was a hot day and if I did better in both transitions I could have gained some more time. Lesson learned and will work on that for the Lake St. Louis Triathlon on September 1st.
Brett
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