Last Saturday I did the Spudman Triathlon up in Burley, Idaho. It was a rather fun venue. I drove up to SLC on Thursday to have some fun before the trek up to Burley Friday night. I ended up camping with my tent out on the driving range of the golf course they have there. It was pretty fun. Pete and Colleen came up as well.
Saturday morning my wave started at 8am. I was in the last wave due to my weight class. You’d think they’d put the fat slow guys up first and the fast thin guys at the end so they can pass, but no, I was in the last group. The swim was pretty fun because we swim down current in the Snake river. My time on that was around 19 minutes. That distance for the swim was DOUBLE what I normally do on the Sprint (since Spudman only offers Olympic in length). It wasn’t that much longer than my Sprint times either. I was rather surprised. Thank you current! At the beginning they kept yelling out to move back, but because the current was pushing my wave, we kept creeping up.. and we had to swim up stream to get behind the starting line. Pretty awesome stuff.
The Bike was interesting. Since it was double the length that I normally do, it was 26 miles or so for the ride. I only have one bottle cage on my Tri bike (see previous post). One bottle of water for me on this length was NOT enough. I was about finished with it around 9 miles in. Conservation was key for me in making it through. I’d like to think that if I had more water I could have gone a bit faster. I’ll be looking for some rear mounted cages or hydration systems before Jordanelle (August 25th).
The Run, as always, is my weakest point. I sucked. It was 10k in length and took me around an hour and a half. 15 minute miles. Ugh. I ran some, walked more. It was hot, but it was fun.
So went my first Olympic distance Triathlon. What a great race. I look forward to doing it next year as well. Hopefully, with more training under my belt my run and bike wont suffer as much as they did this time around.
Afterwards, back in Heber, I noticed I had this sweet “V” shaped burn on my chest from where my bike jersey was open during the bike/run. It’s almost faded now (6 days later), but was pretty funny.
The 3rd Annual Cache Valley Tri in Hyrum, UT is this Saturday. I’m opting to stay home this weekend, even though I got a free entrance to it. Jordanelle, on the 25th, is the next race for me.
That is all for now. Go back to your regularly scheduled readings.
