Completed my 185th triathlon today at the Great Floridian Multisport Festival in Clermont, Florida.
Full iron-distance athletes went off in the dawn at 7:30 AM, followed by the half group at 8:15. My Sprint started at 9:15, air temp 55’f, water temp 68’ with a 10-mph breeze across the lake. I brought my wetsuit but decided to skip as the temp was borderline for me.
It was cold but the chop was the difficult part. Lost a minute in transition putting lube on a heel blister and my bicycle leg was one mph slower than last year due to the wind and several holdups behind groups of cars. I had a great 5K run though, with 9:04 splits and took 1:30 off my last year’s finish with a 1:11:24. Achieved a podium spot with a 3rd out of 7 in 65-69.
Friends Rob Marens, Kenyon Congdon, Bill Black and Enrique Mercado were there, and I ran into Jeff Cuddeback making a brief stop on a training ride. Also met a women named Naomi Youei in Hammer gear; she was doing the run leg for Nicholas Castellano as a Hammer Nutrition team. Got there early so the Hammermobile was in the first spot. Passed out a lot of samples to people. Great day in Clermont!
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| Moon over Clermont |
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| Bill Black, winner in Clydesdale class |
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| Swim finish |
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| Stunning day! |
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| Kenyon, Enrique and friend |
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| Naomi from north of England |
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| Jeff Cuddeback |
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| Moulton and me |
