It was a great race, my only problem was the lack of experience with this distance race.
I arrived at the transition area 1 hour prior to the start. I thought that this was plenty of time, but suddenly I was lost in the 2.500 bikes looking for the boxes to leave my bag of morning clothes and worrying that I still needed to find the starting line!
I entered in the water, and got a nice position, in less the 2 minutes, the cannon fired and the race was on ...
I had a good swim, leaving the water at 8th. On the bike I felt really uncomfortable with the new time trial position, which in the end cost a lot of time. I started the run frozen, but soon I caught a nice rhythm and chased down my competitors, gaining many positions!
The worst part of the race were the transitions! Wet with an average temperature of 54°F, I froze. T1 was not bad, but at T2 when I left the bike on the rack my hands were numb so it took forever to take my helmet off and put my shoes on.
The worst part of the race were the transitions! Wet with an average temperature of 54°F, I froze. T1 was not bad, but at T2 when I left the bike on the rack my hands were numb so it took forever to take my helmet off and put my shoes on.
I am pretty happy with the result. I knew I couldn't expect that much especially because of the new bike position, but I think was a good way to kick off my long distance season!
Here it is a video with a bit for the Californian 70.3!!
Have Fun!!
Have Fun!!
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