First race of the 2019 season in the books! This is my second race in Wisconsin the first race was in Racine, but this one was located in Madison. Wisconsin always does a great job with support in the crowd, and this race was no different! Onto the details…
The swim was pretty straight forward, completed in a large lake. The day before there was white caps, but the morning of the race the water was like glass! I did what I could, but I was definitely a little slower then my standard times. I finished the swim in 36:15, about 2-3min slower then normal.
Onto the the bike…wow! That’s about all I can say. Who would have guessed it would be so hilly in the middle of Wisconsin! The total elevation gain at Wisconsin was roughly 2,400ft. The gain wasn’t too bad, but there was several sections that were very steep giving you some serious challenges. Once again, Wisconsin did disappoint with the nations worst roads! I can’t say that enough! The roads they selected for this course were in terrible shape making the course that much harder on the body. Overall I finished the bike in 2:38:53, which sounds slow but was in the top 20% of bike splits on the day.
Finally, onto my favorite! It was a hot day, but wasn’t too bad with the shade on the course. The run loops one time around the lake and had several short ups and downs, but was really pretty flat. I ran decent, but struggled towards the end as I just got tired in the last 4-5miles, and it became the game of “do what you can”. One of these days I’ll figure this out! I finished the run in 2:10:52. Not my best, not my worst.
Overall, I finished the day in 5:31:49 which is a respectable start to the season.
