For some reason, I decided to take part in the US National Sprint Triathlon Championship in Milwaukee this weekend. Grossly unprepared but willing to pay the registration fee, I decided to give it a try. I finished the race, so that met my success criteria. The act of racing isn’t fun, but in hindsight, it feels good. After 9 years in Milwaukee, I finally swam in Lake Michigan. I got to hear Michele and James cheering for me as I got out of the water. I got to bike on Lincoln Memorial without any traffic, and then got to bike over the Hoan Bridge. Somehow, I was actually able to bike and run faster in this tri than I did in my last one … which I actually trained for. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not.
Hopefully I’ll have some photos to add in here later, but for now, it’s just a screenshot of a bunch of numbers.
I was beaten by 70% of the field, but some of those 70% are current and former national and world champions. I can live with that.
