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Over the past couple months I’ve gotten into triathlons. So far I’ve raced in 3 sprints (500yd swim, 20k bike, 5k run), and one olympic distance (1.5k, 40k, 10k). My most recent race, Wildflower, completely changed my perspective on the sport.

There were two notable differences that Wildflower had over the other triathlons, scale and distance. All of my previous races had somewhere between 100 and 300 racers. That means each age/sex division has 15-20 competitors. At Wildflower, however, there were 3500 racers in my distance (7500+ overall!!). On top of that, my age division (mens collegiate) had ~150 athletes. To make it even more intense, collegiate men were the first wave to go into the water! When I stepped out of the water somewhere around the 50th racer, there were another 3400 people behind me. This is A LOT different then what I had experienced previously.

About to go for a swim…

a couple bicycles…

Unfortunately, as a strong swimmer, but weak cyclist and runner, this means I got passed by about 2000 people.

getting passed

Oh well, I may not be fast, but I am in darn good shape! :D

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 at 1:29 pm and is filed under Personal.