Race Results and Report

Race Report

"What a day, what a time we had."
Golden State Triathlon - October 10, 2010

Weather was perfect, a crisp fall morning.

Water was coolish, just right for wetsuits.
Swimming across the river was a good warm up and showed us that the current was very gentle, not like the swift runoff of last year. Had a few issues with swimmers not swimming straight and knocking into me from the side. They could use more practice in open water. Climbed the hill, dizzy as usual, and got to my bike. Got my feet stuck in the wetsuit until I figured it out (again) - sitting down is the easiest way to get the thing off.

Out on the road! I remembered at the first hill that the secret of these hills (there are three) is to get a really good run at them. I hadn't and stood up pedaling. I was warm already. Swung around the first turn and onto Garden Hwy looking for someone to draft with. Found a couple of Clydesdale types halfway back the first loop. Stuck with them until the first mile of the third loop when they slowed down. Found two women in their 30's going just my speed and stayed with them until the end. Great fun.

T2 was real fast, take off my helmet, put on my number belt and shuffle off. Orange Gatorade, perfectly mixed, what a treat. The run, fast walk for me, felt the best ever. Was passed at mile one by a guy in my age division (65-69) and around mile two by another. That put me in third at best but there were seven in the division, a couple of them really fast. In a previous race I got passed the last 50 yards and was determined not to let that happen again so I picked up the pace. I finished fifth, 3 minutes faster than my best time for the course and 13 minutes ahead of sixth place.

"What a day, what a time we had."