Lake Saint Louis Triathlon
Yes, its been a while since my last post. Busy busy busy.... Anyway, on September 1st was the Lake St. Louis Triathlon in, of course, Lake St. Louis. I had been there last year for the triathlon, but only as a sub for the long course swim. This time around I signed up for the short course which this 500 meter swim, 12 mile bike and 2.5 mile run.
This was one of the biggest Triathlons in the St. Louis area, with 750 participants this year. This was also the 25th year anniversary of this triathlon for Lake St. Louis! Had heard that there were four individuals that had participated in all 25 triathlons and they were here today! Wow! What an achievement! Will I be doing triathlons for the next 25 years? Wait 25 more years and find out!
Because there were so many participants this year I had to get there early! So I was up at around 3:30am in the morning (everything was packed the night before) and was on the road by 4:15am! I arrived at Lake St. Louis at 5:15am and was able to get a good parking spot near the transition area. I picked up my packed, (number 651) and prepared my short stay in the transition area for the big race.
This was a lake swim and a relatively hilly bike and run course so it was going to be a challenge but my goal was to finish under 2 hours and to better my transition times.
Here are my posted results: Swim - 8:46 Bike 37:58 and Run 19:53 total time 1:10:25
I placed 16th out of 224 participants.
Total time for both T1 and T2 was 3:37 which was a huge improvement over my last triathlon for the Stoneman in Springfield. The bike average was a measly 19 mph but there were hills and a turnaround spot where we had to stop! ugggg! And of course the run, just slightly better than the Stoneman and at least a sub 8:00 min/pace. I had changed the routine for the transitions, no Garmin Edge 305 and no socks for the bike or run. So with those changes I was able to shave off time for both this time around.
later,
This was one of the biggest Triathlons in the St. Louis area, with 750 participants this year. This was also the 25th year anniversary of this triathlon for Lake St. Louis! Had heard that there were four individuals that had participated in all 25 triathlons and they were here today! Wow! What an achievement! Will I be doing triathlons for the next 25 years? Wait 25 more years and find out!
Because there were so many participants this year I had to get there early! So I was up at around 3:30am in the morning (everything was packed the night before) and was on the road by 4:15am! I arrived at Lake St. Louis at 5:15am and was able to get a good parking spot near the transition area. I picked up my packed, (number 651) and prepared my short stay in the transition area for the big race.
This was a lake swim and a relatively hilly bike and run course so it was going to be a challenge but my goal was to finish under 2 hours and to better my transition times.
Here are my posted results: Swim - 8:46 Bike 37:58 and Run 19:53 total time 1:10:25
I placed 16th out of 224 participants.
Total time for both T1 and T2 was 3:37 which was a huge improvement over my last triathlon for the Stoneman in Springfield. The bike average was a measly 19 mph but there were hills and a turnaround spot where we had to stop! ugggg! And of course the run, just slightly better than the Stoneman and at least a sub 8:00 min/pace. I had changed the routine for the transitions, no Garmin Edge 305 and no socks for the bike or run. So with those changes I was able to shave off time for both this time around.
later,
Red Horse out
Brett
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