# 202 Great Floridian Sprint in Clermont

My 202nd triathlon was on Saturday, the Great Floridan Sprint in Clermont. With the full iron-distance starting at 7:30 (dawn) and the ½ iron-distance at 8:30, it’s a bit of a wait to start at 9:30. Everything went well on the swim, bike, and run despite two errors. I re-adjusted the front wheel quick release in transition and when I pulled the bike out, the front wheel was rubbing so I stopped and redid it. Then at the run start, I’d just caught 4th place in transition and left my small bottle of Hammer Heed behind. It stops the cramping problem I’ve had running at other races so my run was a bit cautious. I ended up in 4th out of 7 in M70-74, only 20 seconds behind 3rd. My friends did great: Hammer athlete Gabrielle Suver won the full-aquabike Overall at 6:36:18, Dawn Lane won F60-64 with a time of 17:51:44 in the full iron-distance, and Teresa Tinsley won F60-64 in the half with a 7:02.17. I did the half there in 2013 (2nd) and the 1/3 four times (2014, 2016-2018, 2019 got rained out); I hope to finish 2023 with the Riverfront Triathlon (Olympic-distance) in Cocoa in two weeks.

# 201 Crystal River Sprint Tri

Triathlon #201 today at Crystal River on the Gulf of Mexico. Saw nothing driving into the race site at 5:00 AM but was astonished to see the tornado damage from earlier this week after the race. Very choppy swim slowed everyone down as did the headwinds on the bike. First race for the NS Speed! I had a great battle on the bike for second place with Jeremy and I passing each other until the halfway turnaround when I pulled away. Speed was very smooth and comfortable; averaged 17.4 mph over the 15 miles with the headwinds. Solid run for my Second Place out of four; 9:29 splits. Second place out of four. Very happy with the Speed's performance.