Completion of this race brings me to 110 (32 duathlons, 78 triathlons) individual multi-sport race finishes since 2006. If you included the 3 relays I have done, 2 duathlons and a triathlon, that brings the total to 113. I have started 115, I have two DNFs, one for a flat tire, and one intentional. I quit after the run because of a stress fracture. By the end of this season I will have completed over 80 individual triathlons.
Surprise! Kind of. Early morning thunderstorms turned the triathlon into a duathlon.
Morning started out as normal. Usual breakfast, packing up, and driving to race. I could see lighting on the way to the race. As I was parking it started to rain, rain hard. I sat in the car for almost half an hour, and then decided to head down and get my packet and check the situation. The rain started to taper off and actually, by the time I got my bike down to transition it stopped. About an hour before the race started, it was announced that it would be a duathlon. We probably could have swam, but would have delayed the start by an hour, or more. So, a duathlon it would be.
It was pretty funny, we were all standing in front of the bandshell as the race director was finished announcing the changes, about to head back to transition to get ready for the start, and all of sudden it started pouring rain. We started almost on time, a little late, but not bad all things considered.
The run would be 1 mile, and the rest of the race was the same. I was feeling tight and sluggish, and my first mile showed it. I was surprised at how slow it was, which worried me a little going into the bike and second run. The first part of the bike goes south, and there was a pretty nasty headwind. Turning the first corner was a welcome relief. The bike went surprisingly well, I started to feel better, loosen up. It wasn't my slowest time here, better than I thought.
I think one of the mistakes I make when I have slower run times, is not getting out of T2 and running fast. I got out and ran fast, it hurt at first, as it should. This run is pretty flat, the only up and down is in the first half mile, and then last half mile. I was very surprised to see my time. I was shooting to go under 24, and that would have made me happy, going under 23 delighted me. Especially, considering how I felt to start out the day.
One of things I like about this race, besides the course, is that there is pizza at the end of the race. At 9AM, after a sprint triathlon, pizza tastes pretty damn good.
The day started pretty crappy, and could have been worse. In the end, it turned out to be a great day, both in terms of the weather and how the race went. I was very happy with my results.
I have some pictures before the race, and one after the race, typical pictures. The picture with sun out. The same guy who took my picture at Buffalo was here, his wife was racing again, and he got a couple of pictures of me. One picture, into the finish, I was trying to smile.
2015 Lake Minnetonka Duathlon Results
Run (1mi) - 8:10 (8:10/mi)
T1 - 1:59
Bike (14.5mi) - 41:25 (21MPH)
T2 - 0:55
Run (3mi) - 22:44 (7:35/mi)
Total - 1:15:12
Overall - 66/373
AG - 10/30
Pace - 4:04
2014 Lake Minnetonka Triathlon Results
Swim (880 yards) - 12:44 (1:27/100 yards)
T1 - 2:27
Bike (14.5mi) - 39:36 (22MPH) - Fastest bike split on this course
T2 - 1:34
Run (3mi) - 22:32 (7:31/mile) - Fastest run split on this course
Total - 1:18:51
Overall - 62/476
AG - 13/45
Pace - 4:23 min/mi
2012 Lake Minnetonka Triathlon Results
Swim (880 yards) - 13:04 (1:29/100 yards)
T1 - 2:02
Bike (14.5mi) - 41:13 (21.1MPH)
T2 - 0:59 (Two weeks, to T2s under a minute, almost 30 seconds faster than 2010 T2)
Run (3mi) - 22:49 (7:37/mile)
Total - 1:20:06
Overall - 72/466
AG - 7/44
Pace - 4:27 min/mi
2010 Lake Minnetonka Triathlon Results
Swim (880 yards) - 13:27 (1:32/100 yards)
T1 - 1:51
Bike (14.5mi) - 41:58 (20.7MPH)
T2 - 1:28
Run (3mi) - 23:20 (7:47/mile)
Total - 1:22:01
Overall - 85/452
AG - 13/42
Pace - 4:27 min/mi
Surprise! Kind of. Early morning thunderstorms turned the triathlon into a duathlon.
Morning started out as normal. Usual breakfast, packing up, and driving to race. I could see lighting on the way to the race. As I was parking it started to rain, rain hard. I sat in the car for almost half an hour, and then decided to head down and get my packet and check the situation. The rain started to taper off and actually, by the time I got my bike down to transition it stopped. About an hour before the race started, it was announced that it would be a duathlon. We probably could have swam, but would have delayed the start by an hour, or more. So, a duathlon it would be.
It was pretty funny, we were all standing in front of the bandshell as the race director was finished announcing the changes, about to head back to transition to get ready for the start, and all of sudden it started pouring rain. We started almost on time, a little late, but not bad all things considered.
The run would be 1 mile, and the rest of the race was the same. I was feeling tight and sluggish, and my first mile showed it. I was surprised at how slow it was, which worried me a little going into the bike and second run. The first part of the bike goes south, and there was a pretty nasty headwind. Turning the first corner was a welcome relief. The bike went surprisingly well, I started to feel better, loosen up. It wasn't my slowest time here, better than I thought.
I think one of the mistakes I make when I have slower run times, is not getting out of T2 and running fast. I got out and ran fast, it hurt at first, as it should. This run is pretty flat, the only up and down is in the first half mile, and then last half mile. I was very surprised to see my time. I was shooting to go under 24, and that would have made me happy, going under 23 delighted me. Especially, considering how I felt to start out the day.
One of things I like about this race, besides the course, is that there is pizza at the end of the race. At 9AM, after a sprint triathlon, pizza tastes pretty damn good.
The day started pretty crappy, and could have been worse. In the end, it turned out to be a great day, both in terms of the weather and how the race went. I was very happy with my results.
I have some pictures before the race, and one after the race, typical pictures. The picture with sun out. The same guy who took my picture at Buffalo was here, his wife was racing again, and he got a couple of pictures of me. One picture, into the finish, I was trying to smile.
2015 Lake Minnetonka Duathlon Results
Run (1mi) - 8:10 (8:10/mi)
T1 - 1:59
Bike (14.5mi) - 41:25 (21MPH)
T2 - 0:55
Run (3mi) - 22:44 (7:35/mi)
Total - 1:15:12
Overall - 66/373
AG - 10/30
Pace - 4:04
2014 Lake Minnetonka Triathlon Results
Swim (880 yards) - 12:44 (1:27/100 yards)
T1 - 2:27
Bike (14.5mi) - 39:36 (22MPH) - Fastest bike split on this course
T2 - 1:34
Run (3mi) - 22:32 (7:31/mile) - Fastest run split on this course
Total - 1:18:51
Overall - 62/476
AG - 13/45
Pace - 4:23 min/mi
2012 Lake Minnetonka Triathlon Results
Swim (880 yards) - 13:04 (1:29/100 yards)
T1 - 2:02
Bike (14.5mi) - 41:13 (21.1MPH)
T2 - 0:59 (Two weeks, to T2s under a minute, almost 30 seconds faster than 2010 T2)
Run (3mi) - 22:49 (7:37/mile)
Total - 1:20:06
Overall - 72/466
AG - 7/44
Pace - 4:27 min/mi
2010 Lake Minnetonka Triathlon Results
Swim (880 yards) - 13:27 (1:32/100 yards)
T1 - 1:51
Bike (14.5mi) - 41:58 (20.7MPH)
T2 - 1:28
Run (3mi) - 23:20 (7:47/mile)
Total - 1:22:01
Overall - 85/452
AG - 13/42
Pace - 4:27 min/mi
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