After a summer break, did 3 races in October and November. I like these late season races since they are a little cooler, and since the summer is never a good time to train, fall races are at a good time for me.
Mission Bay Triathlon, a Sprint distance organized by Kozenterprises, has become a classic event that I always sign up for. I missed beating my PR by a few seconds but was a very enjoyable race.
San Diego Classic Triathlon, Olympic distance organized by Moment Cycle Sports. First edition of the race in San Diego Bay and hilly bike ride twice up to Cabrillo monument and back. The organisation certainly needs fine tuning but there was a good show of athletes. Organisation glitches included my first wave being in the water in pitch dark, with no lights indicating our position, a power motor boat came roaring down the canal and nearly went over all the swimmers, nice start! Saw a couple of racers nearly run down on the bike course by a pick up truck getting out of a drive way. It was good to do a longer distance that a Sprint, it is actually more enjoyable because the pace goes down and it does’nt feel so tiring for some reason. Maybe I should try a 1/2 IM to see what that’s like. I’m just not sure I can withstand the physical torture of sitting on a bike saddle for 56 miles!
Silver Strand Half Marathon, another regular race I sign up for. Quite fast and flat, this is the race where I can PR. Towards the last miles, the sun gets hot, the wind picks up and the slight uphill can hurt, but a fun race, always meet up with friends there.
That last race was brutal on my toe nails, 3 went purple and are painful, even 3 days later. This is despite wearing super large shoes, so not sure what does it, maybe the slamming on the asphalt.
Next week end I’ve signed up for a barefoot running clinic with BareFoot Ted.
I’ll let you know how that goes.