First Tri in the books!!!

Yesterday was a lot of fun. I was not as nervous as I expected. Maybe because the swim and bike were timed and you were not actually racing each other. I felt good in the swim. I shared a lane with a female triathlon coach, who used to swim at U of W. I thought maybe I would try and keep up with her pace, but she took off right out of the gate. I think she lapped me twice, but I think I still met my goal of at least 800 meters in 15min. The bike time started as soon as the swim was up. My transition was pretty quick. I felt like I was riding downhill on my trainer. They had the front wheel propped up on a couple of kick boards. I think I needed one more. Half way through my bike, I had a Hammer Gel, which I felt when I got into the run. Either it was the gel or I drank a little to much water. My upper abs started to cramp up as soon as I started the run. Other than that, I felt pretty good. I am looking forward to the sprint in April and in May.

I tried to upload some swim footage, but for some reason it wont work.

Great Weekend in Miami

The Miami International Triathlon was excellent as expected.  The weather was great with some wind on the bike but other than that it was perfect race conditions.  I have to admit I am impressed with how Andy performed.  The boy has been working.  The brothers will have some competition from the big man.  Of course he does own every piece of triathlon gear possible.  Great job Andy!
Nicole crushed her time from last year by 10 or 12 minutes!  Damn!  I did beat both of them, however only by a couple of minutes (with Andy beating me on the bike and Nicole beating me on the run).  I am definitely satisfied with my performance knowing that I still have some work to do.  It is interesting to point out that my swim time and bike time were both within one second from my previous years race.  Crazy!  I am not sure what to make of this, but I do know I will continue to push myself just as hard and believe my body will perform optimally at Boise.  B70.3 less than 12 weeks away... scared yet?!

Keep training hard guys and see you soon!

Nick

MIT!!!

So the first race of the year is over. I'm very happy with my overall time of 2hrs 32 min. My swim was about 31min (1500m) bike 1:07 (25miles) run 48min (6.2miles). Definitely have a lot of room to improve on the swim, but I completely the whole thing without stopping for a float break or heading to the swim up bar! Had a blast all weekend with Nick and Nicole and their whole group of athletes that came down. Everybody did very well! Special thanks to Roy and www.trivillage.com for letting me use the Zipp Demo Wheels. Very fast!!

Next on the agenda: April 3rd 1st Publix Fitness Weekend Sprint Tri in Pembroke Pines, April 11th Nautica South Beach Tri, May 15th Florida International Tri in Siesta Key.