Its a been a really hot and humid summer here in FLA. Race morning of my 5k proved to be no different. At the starting line i saw alot of familiar faces of high school kids i had raced a couple years ago. It was a fun race, i tagged along the back of the front pack for a while until i got dropped and then just waited for the 2 mile mark to pick it back up again. Although it was really hot i felt decent and was able to run about 15 seconds off my best time.
The following weekend i woke up at 3am to drive an 1hr and 30min down to Cleawater Beach to race the Morton Plant Mease Sprint Triathlon. Last year the race was cancelled due to bad weather so i was excited to compare my fitness now and that of 2 years ago. At the starting line i thought of an ITU swim start and how fast you need to take out the swim, so i practiced that here and was succefully first to the first bouy and first out of the water. The long run to T1 was painful considering the cobblestones we had to run over. I tried then to get into a rythmn on the bike so as to not loose so much time to Spencer and avoid getting caught by Lucas, who proved strong on the bike and run. Coming off the bike i gave it everything i had on the run for the first mile and then succumbed to overheating, and lack of nutrition, i finished the race in 5th overall which was not bad considering i dropped 6 minutes off my time from 2 years ago.
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