Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Malibu "Classic" Race Report

Race: Nautica Malibu Classic Triathlon
What's Classic? 1/2 mile swim, 18 mile bike, 4 mile run
Category: 40-44
Place: 4th in age group, 15th/1,900 overall (give or take, standings not final)

Okay, so I did get a few chuckles when I showed up on the Saturday group ride in full Tri regalia. If you think that's funny, you should see me swim.

Goal was to survive the swim, rule the bike and manage the run. That's pretty much how it worked out, just over 16 minutes in the water, 43:34 on the bike and 26:45 for the run. Overall time was 1:30:02.

If you're wondering how much a difference a TT bike makes, last year I was on a road bike with 404s, with avg watts of 305, time 45:46. Power this year was 300 watts...

Have I found my calling?

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