Coronado, CA
Run: 18:34 ( 6:26 per mile avg)
Run: 18:34 ( 6:26 per mile avg)
First triathlon of the season. I was really looking forward to seeing where I was at with my training. I had been putting a lot of time in on the bike and run, and had just started getting into swimming again.
Unfortunately there was some crazy weather forecasted for the weekend, and when I woke up on race day it was freezing cold with 40mph wind gusts, rain and whitecaps on the bay. And then it got bad. Both the swim and the bike ended up being canceled and the race became a 2.89 mile deep sand run. Not that many athletes stuck around, but I figured I paid the race fee already, am dressed in my triathlon clothes, so why not do it.
The race was pretty simple. 2.89 deep sand run. The first 1.25 miles was with the wind, the next 1.25 miles was against the wind and then there was a short sprint on the concrete to the finish line. Not much strategy except that I ran as fast as I could. The winds and sand were brutal. Not that nice feeling that you get when you are running fast that makes you want to run faster.
I ended up with an 18:34, which got me the 1st place medal in my AG and 18th place overall.
Photo by Louis Roberto
