Two weeks shy of a full year after my last multisport victory, I took home the overall title at the PrairieMan sprint triathlon, posting a course record bike split en route. It was a satisfying win for sure, as I came from the last wave (which started six minutes after the first) to nearly cross the line first after flying past most of the competition on the bike and grabbing all but one on the run.
After a tough swim of dodging and weaving past stragglers from the previous waves, I looked at my watch with a bit of a shock at the slow time, but more than made up for it with a scorching fast bike that was my best-ever average at 24.5 mph for the 27K course. On the run, I felt a bit tired and dehydrated from the super humid weather and was able to push my way to a respectable 17:42 to cross the line in 1:08:35, 4:01 ahead of the second place finisher!
This was definitely a big confidence boost for me and tells me that my fitness (especially on the bike) is finally coming around when I need it to for the U.S. Open on October 10th. Just one more race on Saturday here at school and then two weeks of solid taper and peak workouts for the big day!
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