triathlon by the sea 2011

I did this race this past weekend and the swim portion was terrible. I have done this race 3 or 4 times and each year the swim is a problem. This year it took me 40 minutes to swim 1500 metres. (it would normally take me around 25 minutes to do that distance) I have done some tough half ironman swims over 2000 metres that only took 34-36 minutes. In the race this past weekend, you couldn't see the buoys because of the waves and at one point I had no idea where I was. I could see the shore but that was it. Based on this experience, I will not do this race again if the swim is in the same location. It will be interesting to see if it stays in this location. Otherwise my training is still going fairly well. My running is still not as good as I had hoped it would be despite considerable effort on my part and doing lots of speed work. I am wishing that I had maybe done more roadrunner races which might of helped but i cannot do everything.

triathlon by the sea

I did this triathlon this past weekend in Dalvay. this is the 3rd or 4th time i have done this race and almost every year, the swim is a probalem. The north shore of PEI in August is just not suitable for having a triathlon. This year, it was terrible as you couldn't see the buoys because of the waves and I had no idea of where to swim toward. The swim took me 40 minutes which is a lot longer than a half ironman swim would take me. I had a rough swim in a race in Monaco in a half ironman with big waves which took me 37 minutes but this race was 500 metres shorter and it took me 40 minutes.